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单词 dust-ups
释义

dust /dust/

noun
  1. Fine particles of solid matter, esp earth, powdery matter or dirt
  2. A cloud of this
  3. The earth
  4. The grave
  5. The dead human body, remains
  6. A debased or shabby condition
  7. (with the) pneumoconiosis (mining sl)
  8. Gold dust, hence money
  9. Turmoil (slang)
  10. A disturbance, a brawl (informal)
transitive verb
  1. To free from dust (also intransitive verb)
  2. To trash, beat (informal)
  3. To pass or leave in a trail of dust (US informal)
  4. To sprinkle
  5. To cover lightly with a powdered substance (also intransitive verb)
ORIGIN: OE dūst; cf Ger Dunst vapour

dustˈer noun

  1. Someone or something that dusts
  2. A cloth or brush for removing dust
  3. A sprinkler
  4. A dustcoat (US)

dustˈily adverb

dustˈiness noun

dustˈless adjective

dustˈy adjective

  1. Covered or sprinkled with dust
  2. Old-fashioned
  3. Dull
  4. Lifeless
  5. Like dust
  6. Contemptible, bad, as in the phrases not so dusty and a dusty answer (slang)

dust bag noun

A cloth or paper sack intended to hold the material sucked up by a vacuum cleaner

dustˈ-ball noun

A ball of grain-dust, etc, in a horse's intestine

dustˈ-bath noun

The action of birds in rubbing dust into their feathers, probably to get rid of parasites

dustˈbin noun

  1. A receptacle for household rubbish
  2. A repository for anything unwanted, unimportant, etc (figurative)

dust bowl noun

A drought area subject to dust storms (Dust Bowl the region of the USA along the western edge of the Great Plains)

dustˈ-brand noun

Smut

dustˈ-brush noun

A light brush for removing dust

dust bunny noun (N American informal)

A ball of dust and fluff

dustˈcart noun

A cart for taking away household rubbish

dustˈcoat noun

  1. An overall
  2. A light overcoat

dust cover noun

  1. The jacket of a book
  2. A dustsheet

dust devil or dust storm noun

A small storm in which a whirling column of dust or sand travels across a dry country

dust explosion noun

An explosion resulting from the ignition of small concentrations of flammable dust (eg coal dust or flour) in the air

dustˈ-hole noun (obsolete)

Dustbin

dusting powder noun

Fine powder, esp talcum powder

dust jacket noun

The jacket or dust cover of a book

dustˈman noun

A person employed to remove household rubbish

dustˈpan noun

A pan or shovel for removing dust swept from the floor

dustˈproof adjective

Impervious or inaccessible to dust

dustˈsheet noun

A cloth for protecting furniture from dust

dustˈ-shot noun

The smallest size of shot

dust storm see dust devil above.

dustˈ-up noun (informal)

A quarrel, a brawl

dusty answer noun (figurative)

An unsatisfying, unfruitful, or sordid response

dustˈy-foot see piepowder

dustˈy-millˈer noun

The auricula, from the white dust on its leaves and flowers

bite the dust see under bite

dust someone's jacket

To give someone a beating

kick up or raise a dust see under kick

throw dust in someone's eyes (figurative)

To deceive someone

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