dust 音标拼音: [d'ʌst]
n . 灰尘,尘埃,粉末,花粉,土,骚乱
vt . 拂去灰尘,撒,弄成粉末
vi . 拂去灰尘
灰尘,尘埃,粉末,花粉,土,骚乱拂去灰尘,撒,弄成粉末拂去灰尘
dust n 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 [
synonym : {
debris }, {
dust }, {
junk }, {
rubble }, {
detritus }]
3 :
free microscopic particles of solid material ; "
astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust "
v 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 "
[
synonym : {
scatter }, {
sprinkle }, {
dot }, {
dust }, {
disperse }]
Dust \
Dust \ (
d [
u ^]
st ),
n . [
AS .
dust ;
cf .
LG .
dust ,
D .
duist meal dust ,
OD .
doest ,
donst ,
and G .
dunst vapor ,
OHG .
tunist ,
dunist ,
a blowing ,
wind ,
Icel .
dust dust ,
Dan .
dyst mill dust ;
perh .
akin to L .
fumus smoke ,
E .
fume . [
root ]
71 .]
1 .
Fine ,
dry particles of earth or other matter ,
so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind ;
that which is crumbled to minute portions ;
fine powder ;
as ,
clouds of dust ;
bone dust .
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Dust thou art ,
and unto dust shalt thou return .
--
Gen .
iii .
19 .
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Stop ! --
for thy tread is on an empire '
s dust .
--
Byron .
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2 .
A single particle of earth or other matter . [
R .] "
To touch a dust of England '
s ground ." --
Shak .
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3 .
The earth ,
as the resting place of the dead .
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For now shall sleep in the dust . --
Job vii .
21 .
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4 .
The earthy remains of bodies once alive ;
the remains of the human body .
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And you may carve a shrine about my dust .
--
Tennyson .
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5 .
Figuratively ,
a worthless thing .
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And by the merit of vile gold ,
dross ,
dust . --
Shak .
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6 .
Figuratively ,
a low or mean condition .
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[
God ]
raiseth up the poor out of the dust . --
1 Sam .
ii .
8 .
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7 .
Gold dust ;
hence : (
Slang )
Coined money ;
cash .
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{
Down with the dust },
deposit the cash ;
pay down the money .
[
Slang ] "
My lord ,
quoth the king ,
presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold ,
or else no going hence all the days of your life . . . .
The Abbot down with his dust ,
and glad he escaped so ,
returned to Reading ." --
Fuller .
{
Dust brand } (
Bot .),
a fungous plant ({
Ustilago Carbo }); --
called also {
smut }.
{
Gold dust },
fine particles of gold ,
such as are obtained in placer mining ; --
often used as money ,
being transferred by weight .
{
In dust and ashes }.
See under {
Ashes }.
{
To bite the dust }.
See under {
Bite },
v .
t .
{
To raise dust },
or {
To kick up dust },
to make a commotion . [
Colloq .]
{
To throw dust in one '
s eyes },
to mislead ;
to deceive .
[
Colloq .]
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Dust \
Dust \ (
d [
u ^]
st ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Dusted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Dusting }.]
1 .
To free from dust ;
to brush ,
wipe ,
or sweep away dust from ;
as ,
to dust a table or a floor .
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2 .
To sprinkle with dust .
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3 .
To reduce to a fine powder ;
to levigate . --
Sprat .
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{
To dyst one '
s jacket },
to give one a flogging . [
Slang .]
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259 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dust ":
acres ,
air ,
air pollution ,
alluvion ,
alluvium ,
altercation ,
arable land ,
ashes ,
attritus ,
bamboozle ,
barrel ,
beat ,
beeline ,
begrime ,
bemire ,
bemud ,
besmoke ,
besprinkle ,
bickering ,
biscuit ,
bleach ,
body ,
bone ,
bones ,
bowdlerize ,
bran ,
bread ,
bubble ,
cadaver ,
carcass ,
carrion ,
chaff ,
chicane ,
chip ,
clamjamfry ,
clay ,
clean ,
clean out ,
clean up ,
cleanse ,
clear out ,
clobber ,
clod ,
cobweb ,
collateral ,
cork ,
corpse ,
corpus delicti ,
cosmic dust ,
cracker ,
crowbait ,
crumb ,
crumble ,
crust ,
culm ,
dead body ,
dead man ,
dead person ,
deadwood ,
debris ,
decedent ,
delouse ,
depurate ,
deterge ,
dirt ,
dirty ,
dirty up ,
dishwater ,
dispute ,
dot ,
down ,
draff ,
dredge ,
dregs ,
drub ,
dry bones ,
dry land ,
dry -
clean ,
dust ball ,
dust off ,
dustup ,
earth ,
efflorescence ,
embalmed corpse ,
ether ,
expurgate ,
fairy ,
falling -
out ,
fallout ,
farina ,
feather ,
filings ,
flimflam ,
flit ,
flour ,
flue ,
fluff ,
fly ,
foam ,
food for worms ,
fool ,
fracas ,
freehold ,
freshen ,
froth ,
fuzz ,
garbage ,
gash ,
glebe ,
gossamer ,
grassland ,
grime ,
grits ,
groats ,
ground ,
gull ,
hassle ,
hasten ,
hoax ,
hogwash ,
hoodwink ,
hotfoot ,
husks ,
hustle ,
junk ,
kittens ,
lambaste ,
land ,
landholdings ,
larrup ,
late lamented ,
leavings ,
lees ,
lick ,
lint ,
lithosphere ,
litter ,
lumber ,
lustrate ,
marginal land ,
marl ,
meal ,
mire ,
mold ,
mortal remains ,
mote ,
muck ,
muck up ,
mud ,
muddy ,
mummification ,
mummy ,
offal ,
offscourings ,
organic remains ,
orts ,
overwhelm ,
parchment ,
parings ,
pepper ,
potsherds ,
powder ,
powdering ,
purge ,
purify ,
pussies ,
raff ,
rags ,
raspings ,
real estate ,
real property ,
reform ,
refuse ,
region ,
regolith ,
relics ,
reliquiae ,
remains ,
riffraff ,
row ,
rubbish ,
rubble ,
run ,
run -
in ,
sawdust ,
scavenge ,
scourings ,
scrap ,
scrap iron ,
scraps ,
scum ,
shards ,
shavings ,
shellac ,
shoddy ,
skeleton ,
slack ,
slag ,
slime ,
slop ,
slops ,
smoke ,
smut ,
sod ,
soil ,
soot ,
spatter ,
speck ,
speckle ,
speed ,
splatter ,
sponge ,
spot ,
sprinkle ,
sprinkling ,
spruce ,
spume ,
steam -
clean ,
stick ,
stiff ,
straw ,
stubble ,
stud ,
subaerial deposit ,
subsoil ,
sweep out ,
sweepings ,
sweeten ,
swill ,
tares ,
tenement of clay ,
terra ,
terra firma ,
terrain ,
territory ,
the country ,
the dead ,
the deceased ,
the defunct ,
the departed ,
the loved one ,
thistledown ,
thrash ,
tidy ,
topsoil ,
trash ,
trick ,
truck ,
wastage ,
waste ,
waste matter ,
wastepaper ,
weeds ,
whiten ,
wipe ,
wipe off ,
wipe out ,
wipe up ,
woodland
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