n.(名词)

1. 粉末
2. 灰尘，尘土，尘埃，土，尘
3. 遗骸，尸体
4. 垃圾，废品
5. 金粉
6. 灰烬
7. 屈辱
8. 一文不值的东西
9. 花粉
10. 粉剂
11. 人体，人
12. 地面

v.(动词)

1. 使布满灰尘，把...弄得满是灰尘，扬起灰尘
2. 喷撒农药
3. 掸掉灰尘，掸（灰），拂去灰尘
4. 打扫（灰尘） ，扫除灰尘
5. 变得灰扑扑
6. 用沙土洗澡，用尘土洗澡，浴于尘土中
7. 在...上撒粉，把（粉末）撒于
8. 使成为灰尘
9. 擦去，刷去，掸去，扫去
10. 撒（粉），用粉末撒
11. 弄成粉末
12. 拂，掸，撢
13. 杀死某人（黑社会用语）
14. 离开，起程

n.(名词)

1. [U]灰尘,尘土,尘埃 fine dry powder consisting of particles of earth, dirt, etc.
2. [U]遗骸 remains of a dead person

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 拂(一拂),掸(一掸) clear of dust by wiping, clear furniture, etc. of dust
2. vt. 撒(粉)于 cover with dust or fine powder

Noun:

1. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air;

   "the furniture was covered with dust"
   

2. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

3. free microscopic particles of solid material;

   "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
   

Verb:

1. remove the dust from;

   "dust the cabinets"
   

2. rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape;

   "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"
   

3. cover with a light dusting of a substance;

   "dust the bread with flour"
   

4. distribute loosely;

   "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
   

1.尘土;沙尘
dust is very small dry particles of earth or sand.

e.g. Tanks raise huge trails ofdust when they move...
坦克开动时扬起大量尘土。
e.g. He reversed into the stockade in a cloud ofdust.
他在一阵尘土中将车倒进了围栏。

2.灰尘
dust is the very small pieces of dirt which you find inside buildings, for example on furniture, floors, or lights.

dust的反义词

e.g. I could see a thick layer ofdust on the stairs...
我可以看见楼梯上有一层厚厚的灰尘。
e.g. The rooms were empty of furniture anddust lay everywhere.
房间里没有家具,到处都是灰尘。

3.粉末;细末
dust is a fine powder which consists of very small particles of a substance such as gold, wood, or coal.

e.g. The air is so black with diesel fumes and coaldust, I can barely see.
空气中充斥着柴油烟雾和煤尘粉末,黑乎乎的,我几乎什么都看不见。

4.擦去…的灰尘
When youdust something such as furniture, you remove dust from it, usually using a cloth.

e.g. I vacuumed and dusted the living room...
我用吸尘器打扫了客厅,擦了擦灰尘。
e.g. She dusted, she cleaned, and she did the washing-up.
她擦掉灰尘，打扫卫生，还清洗了餐具。

dusting
I'm very fortunate in that I don't have to do the washing-up or the dusting.
我很幸运，因为我不用洗餐具也不用打扫灰尘。

5.涂(粉);撒(粉);在…上撒
If youdust somethingwith a fine substance such as powder or if youdust a fine substanceonto something, you cover it lightly with that substance.

e.g. Lightlydust the fish with flour...
在鱼上撒上少许面粉。
e.g. dust and blend blusher on the apples of your cheeks...
将胭脂调匀涂在你脸颊红润的地方。

6.消亡;失败
If you say that somethinghas bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed.

e.g. In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten thedust...
在过去的 30 年中,许多珍贵的价值观已经消失殆尽。
e.g. The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite thedust.
这项指控断送了一名讲师的前程。

7.尘埃落定;形势明朗;事态平息
If you say that something will happen whenthe dust settles, you mean that a situation will be clearer after it has calmed down. If you letthe dust settle before doing something, you let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else.

e.g. Once thedust had settled Beck defended his decision...
事态一旦平息,贝克就为他的决定辩白。
e.g. I think we need to let thedust settle and see what's going to happen after that.
我认为我们需要等事态平息之后再看看会发生什么。

8.被搁置;被忽视;尘封
If you say that somethingis gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.

e.g. Many of the machines are gatheringdust in basements...
许多机器尘封在地下室里。
e.g. The album is finally being released in October after gatheringdust for over a year.
尘封了一年多后,专辑终于在 10 月发行。

相关词组：dust off

1. 粉尘：(1)粉尘(dust) 一般指悬浮于气体介质中的微小固体颗粒,在重力作用下沉降,但在一段时间(甚至相当长时间)内能保持悬浮状态. 它通常是由固体物质的破碎、研磨、分级、输送等机械过程,或土壤、岩石的风化等自然过程形成的. 颗粒的形

2. 尘土：本届电影节的开幕影片是马其顿导演米柯.曼彻夫斯基(Milcho Manchevski)的新片<>(dust),1994年,曼彻夫斯基曾以反映前南战争痛苦的处女作<>(Before the Rain)夺得金狮奖,名震欧洲影坛.

The mirror is covered with a film of dust.

镜子蒙上了一层灰尘。

A thick layer of dust lay on the furniture.

家具上覆盖着一层厚厚的灰尘。

The truck left clouds of dust in its wake.

车后扬起了一阵尘土。

She knocks the dust out of her coat.

她打掉外套上的尘土。

The amount of the industrial dust is rather large.

工业粉尘排放量很大。

I used a piece of rag to dust the wooden furniture.

我用一块抹布擦拭木制家具上的灰尘。

Mum dusted the pan with flour.

妈妈在平地锅上撒了些面粉。

It's dusty so we have to dust every day.

灰尘多,所以我们必须每天掸灰除尘。

The books were all covered with dust.

书上积满了灰尘。

There wasn't a speck of dust anywhere in the room.

屋子里一尘不染。

That guitar's been sitting gathering dust (= not being used) for years now.

那把吉他已尘封多年。

coal'/gold dust

煤 / 金粉

I broke the vase while I was dusting.

我擦灰尘时将花瓶打碎了。

Could you dust the sitting room?

你把起居室擦一擦好吗？

She dusted some ash from her sleeve.

她掸去袖子上的灰末。

dust the cake with sugar.

把糖撒在蛋糕上。

Mel stood up and dusted herself down.

梅尔站起来拍掉了身上的尘土。

(figurative)For the concert, he dusted off some of his old hits.

为了这次音乐会，他重新捡起了他的一些曾红极一时的老歌。

The workers wear masks to avoid inhaling the dust.

工人们戴着面罩避免吸入尘土。

A cloud of dust rose as the truck drove off.

卡车开过时扬起一片灰尘。

The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.

尘封了一年多后,专辑终于在 10 月发行。

Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements...

许多机器尘封在地下室里。

I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that.

我认为我们需要等事态平息之后再看看会发生什么。

Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision...

事态一旦平息,贝克就为他的决定辩白。

The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.

这项指控断送了一名讲师的前程。

In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust...

在过去的 30 年中,许多珍贵的价值观已经消失殆尽。

Tanks raise huge trails of dust when they move...

坦克开动时扬起大量尘土。

He reversed into the stockade in a cloud of dust.

他在一阵尘土中将车倒进了围栏。

I could see a thick layer of dust on the stairs...

我可以看见楼梯上有一层厚厚的灰尘。

The rooms were empty of furniture and dust lay everywhere.

房间里没有家具,到处都是灰尘。

The air is so black with diesel fumes and coal dust, I can barely see.

空气中充斥着柴油烟雾和煤尘粉末,黑乎乎的,我几乎什么都看不见。

I vacuumed and dusted the living room...

我用吸尘器打扫了客厅,擦了擦灰尘。

She dusted, she cleaned, and she did the washing-up.

她擦掉灰尘，打扫卫生，还清洗了餐具。

Lightly dust the fish with flour...

在鱼上撒上少许面粉。

dust and blend blusher on the apples of your cheeks...

将胭脂调匀涂在你脸颊红润的地方。

1. What a dust!
   好大的尘灰啊!
2. The speeding car on the dirt road raised a great dust.
   土道上飞驰的汽车扬起一大阵尘土。
3. The air was full of dust after the cars passed.
   汽车过后,空中尘土飞扬。
4. The best way to lay the dust is to damp the floor down, and then rub it all over with a piece of cloth.
   不使尘土飞扬的最好方法就是把地板润湿一下,随后用布擦一遍。
5. Her eyes were watering from dust.
   她的双眼进了灰尘正在流泪。
6. His clothes were covered with dust.
   他的衣服上落满了尘埃。
7. The girl washed the dust off the table.
   那女孩洗掉了桌上的灰尘。
8. A great cloud of dust boiled up past the windows.
   一大团尘土旋动着在窗前经过。
9. Rain turns dust into mud.
   雨水把尘土变成了泥浆。
10. She married for love and the love turned to dust.
    她是为了爱情结婚的,但爱情却化成了烟尘。
11. The most wildly romantic adventures all turned into dust and ashes.
    那些最为神奇浪漫的冒险事业都已烟消云散。
12. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, if God won't have him the Devil must.
    愿尘埃之身,仍归尘埃,天堂如不接纳,地狱必予以容留。
13. The ancient empire was crushed and humbled to the dust.
    那老大帝国被打得落花流水,威望扫地。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. She dusts every day.
   她每天都擦拭灰尘。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. dust your hat.
   拂去你帽子上的灰尘。
2. Please dust all the books on the bottom shelf.
   请把底层的书掸一掸。
3. He dusted the books as he took them from the shelf.
   他从书架上拿下书时,掸了掸灰尘。
4. She dusts furniture every day.
   她每天掸拂家具。
5. He dusted all the furniture and then polished it.
   他给所有的家具掸去灰尘,然后把它们擦亮。
6. She dusted the TV set carefully.
   她小心翼翼地为电视机拭去灰尘。
7. She dusted the radio lightly.
   她轻轻地为收音机拭去灰尘。
8. dust the crumbs from your lap.
   掸掉你腿上的面包屑。
9. The airplane dusted an insecticide on the crops.
   飞机给庄稼洒农药。
10. The cook dusted the cake with sugar.
    厨师在蛋糕上撒上糖。
11. The nurse dusted powder over the baby.
    保育员把爽身粉撒在婴儿身上。
12. She put on lipstick and dusted her face with powder.
    她涂上口红,在脸上抹了粉。

bite the dust

被打败,被拒绝 be defeated or rejected

kick up〔raise〕 a dust

引起骚乱 make a dust

like gold dust

极其罕见 extremely rare

not see sb for dust

跑得连影子也看不到 be unable to see sb because he〔she〕 has left in a hurry

shake the dust off one's feet

离开厌恶之处,但愿不再返回 leave a place one does not like, hoping not to return

throw dust in sb's eyes

迷惑某人,蒙蔽某人 prevent sb from seeing the truth by misleading him

when the dust has settled

烟消云散,疑云散尽,愁云散尽 when the present uncertainty, unpleasantness, etc. is over

dust down (v.+adv.)

把灰尘掸掉(或刷掉) make dust off
dust oneself/sth ⇔ down

dust yourself down.

把你身上的土掸净。

She stood up and dusted herself down.

她站起身来,掸去身上的灰尘。

They dusted down the whole house before they started decorating.

在开始装饰之前,他们把整幢房子打扫了一遍。

dust off (v.+adv.)

迅速离开 leave rapidly
dust sb/sth ⇔ off

dust yourself off.

把你身上的土掸净。

dust sth ⇔ off

Four years after he graduated from school,Tom decided to dust off his algebra books.

毕业4年后,汤姆决定重温搁置已久的代数书。

dust off

She dusted off faster than a wind.

她飞快地跑开了。

动词+～

• dust">collect dust积累灰尘
• dust">drive the dust消除灰尘
• dust">gather dust积累灰尘
• dust">kick up a dust扬起灰尘
• dust">make a dust扬起灰尘
• dust">raise dust扬起尘埃,引起骚动
• dust">remove dust除去灰尘
• dust">sweep up dust扫除灰尘
• dust">bite the dust战死,负伤,失败
• dust">eat dust含垢忍辱
• dust">kiss the dust被制服,被杀死,卑躬屈膝
• dust">lie in the dust成为废墟,战死
• dust%20fly">make the dust fly干得卖力,动得迅速
• dust%20in%20sb%27s%20eyes">throw dust in sb's eyes蒙蔽某人,迷惑某人

形容词+～

• dust">fine dust细末
• dust">thick dust厚厚的尘土

名词+～

• dust">coal dust煤粉
• dust">gold dust金粉末

介词+～

• dust%20to%20dust">from dust to dust从生到死,人生一世
• dust">a cloud of dust一片尘雾

～+名词

• dust%20a%20cap">dust a cap掸一掸帽子
• dust%20a%20room">dust a room打扫房间

～+副词

• dust%20animatedly">dust animatedly用力地掸
• dust%20carefully">dust carefully小心翼翼地掸
• dust%20furiously">dust furiously生气地掸
• dust%20industriously">dust industriously勤掸
• dust%20lightly">dust lightly轻轻地掸
• dust%20listlessly">dust listlessly无力地掸
• dust%20vigorously">dust vigorously有力地掸

～+介词

• dust%20the%20snow%20from%20one%27s%20overcoat">dust the snow from one's overcoat掸掉大衣上的雪花
• dust%20fertilizer%20on%20plants">dust fertilizer on plants给植物施粉末状肥料
• dust%20sugar%20over%20a%20cake">dust sugar over a cake在糕饼上撒糖
• dust%20the%20plants%20with%20insecticide">dust the plants with insecticide在作物上撒上杀虫药
• dust%20a%20cake%20with%20sugar">dust a cake with sugar在糕饼上撒糖

• There wasn't one chip, one scratch, one speck of dust anywhere.

  出自：J. Braine

• The peppering of red road dust on the old man's hat.

  出自：E. Welty

• Drought had..dried the soil to a fine grey dust, that now rose up on every wind.

  出自：U. Le Guin

• We go out..and dust our feet along its thoroughfares.

  出自：J. A. Froude

n.(名词)

1. dust的基本意思指粉末状干土,即“尘土”“尘埃”。引申指“烟尘般的虚无”“尘土般的卑贱”“尘垢般的屈辱”。

v.(动词)

1. dust用作动词意思是“掸去灰尘”。后接粉状物质时,还可表示“把…撒在…上”。
2. dust用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。

clean，clear，sweep，dust，mop，wipe，scrub

这些动词均有“使干净”之意。

clean是这些动词中最常用的词，指将某物或某处的污物等清除掉，弄干净。

clear指清除不要的东西。

sweep指用扫帚等进行清扫，也用作比喻。

dust指将积落在物体表面的尘土抹去、掸掉或擦去以保干净。

mop侧重指用拖把擦洗地板，有时也指擦干净或擦去。

wipe多指用布、纸等物把东西擦净，也指擦掉某物。

scrub指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。

• ☆ 13世纪进入英语，直接源自古英语的dust，意为灰尘，尘土。