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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- dust [dʌst] [dʌst]
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- 1. noun 灰尘，尘土，尘埃；粉尘
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2.
noun
一片灰尘
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3.
noun
混乱，骚乱，骚动
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4.
noun
土，土地；（尤指）葬身之地
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5.
noun
遗骸，遗体
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6.
noun
谦卑（或卑下）的状况，低贱的地位
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7.
noun
无价值的东西，废物
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8.
noun
[England]
灰，灰烬，垃圾等
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9.
noun
[botany]
花粉，粉剂
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10.
noun
[American English]
【同义词】gold dust
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11.
noun
[archaic]
粒子，微粒，粉末
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12.
noun
[slang]
用来卷烟的上等烟草（监狱）
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13.
vt.
[slang]
杀死某人（黑社会用语）
- 14. vt. 用粉末撒
- 15. vt. 撒（粉末、灰尘）于…上，（把粉末、灰尘）撒在…上，以灰尘沾污
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16.
vt.
除去（拭去、拂去、掸掉、抖掉、扫掉）…的灰尘（常与off连用）
- You should dust your picture frames more often.
- 你应该多擦擦相框。
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17.
vt.
[archaic]
使扬满灰尘；把…弄成粉末
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18.
vt.
[slang]
军事俚语，撤退，后退
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19.
vt.
[slang]
打败某人；胜过某人
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20.
vi.
[slang]
离开；起程
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21.
vt.
[slang]
在一支（烟草或大麻）香烟上加粉状毒品（毒品相关用语）
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22.
vi.
（地板）扫除灰尘，（家具）掸尘
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23.
vi.
（鸟）用尘土洗澡，浴于尘土中
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24.
vi.
扬起灰尘
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25.
noun
[slang]
粉状的毒品；海洛因，天使粉，可卡因；大麻（毒品相关用语）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- dust [d^st]
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1.
n
dry fine powdery material, such as particles of dirt, earth or pollen
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2.
n
a cloud of such fine particles
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3.
n
the powdery particles to which something is thought to be reduced by death, decay, or disintegration
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4.
n
the mortal body of man
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5.
n
the corpse of a dead person
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6.
n
the earth; ground
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7.
n
[informal]
a disturbance; fuss (esp in the phrases kick up a dust, raise a dust)
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8.
n
something of little or no worth
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9.
n
[informal]
(in mining parlance) silicosis or any similar respiratory disease
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10.
n
short for gold dust
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11.
n
ashes or household refuse
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12.
vt.
[tr]
to sprinkle or cover (something) with (dust or some other powdery substance)
- to dust a cake with sugar
- to dust sugar onto a cake
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13.
vt.
to remove dust by wiping, sweeping, or brushing
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14.
vt.
[archaic]
to make or become dirty with dust
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15.
vt.
See also dust down dust-up
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16.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English d
u st; related to Danish dyst flour dust, Middle Dutch du st dust, meal dust, Old High German tunst storm
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1.
n
dry fine powdery material, such as particles of dirt, earth or pollen
Examples
- aspirating dust into the lungs
- 吸尘入肺 → aspirate
- to beat chalk dust from erasers
- 弹掉黑板擦上的粉笔灰 → beat
- dust crops with an insecticide
- 用杀虫药剂喷撒作物 → dust
- lay the dust
- 使尘土不扬 → lay
- a dust particle
- 尘埃 → particle
- The rain settled the dust.
- 雨使尘埃平息了。 → settle
- a whirl of dust
- 旋转的尘埃柱；一阵尘旋风 → whirl
- A dust particle weighs only a thousandth of a gram.
- 一粒尘埃的重量仅有千分之一克。 → thousandth
- The rug is too dirty, you should beat all the dust out of it.
- 这块地毯太脏了，你应该把上面的灰拍掉。
- The books were dirty from the dust that came from the sandstorm.
- 这些书被沙尘暴带来的灰尘弄脏了。 → from
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