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N-UNCOUNT
塵土;沙塵
Dust is very small dry particles of earth or sand.
例句
Tanks raise huge trails of dust when they move...
坦克開動時揚起大量塵土。
He reversed into the stockade in a cloud of dust.
他在一陣塵土中將車倒進了圍欄。
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N-UNCOUNT
灰塵
Dust is the very small pieces of dirt which you find inside buildings, for example on furniture, floors, or lights.
例句
I could see a thick layer of dust on the stairs...
我可以看見樓梯上有一層厚厚的灰塵。
The rooms were empty of furniture and dust lay everywhere.
房間里沒有家具,到處都是灰塵。
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N-UNCOUNT
粉末;細末
Dust is a fine powder which consists of very small particles of a substance such as gold, wood, or coal.
例句
The air is so black with diesel fumes and coal dust, I can barely see.
空氣中充斥著柴油煙霧和煤塵粉末,黑乎乎的,我幾乎什么都看不見。
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VERB
擦去…的灰塵
When you dust something such as furniture, you remove dust from it, usually using a cloth.
例句
I vacuumed and dusted the living room...
我用吸塵器打掃了客廳,擦了擦灰塵。
She dusted, she cleaned, and she did the washing-up.
她擦掉灰塵，打掃衛生，還清洗了餐具。
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VERB
涂(粉);撒(粉);在…上撒
If you dust something with a fine substance such as powder or if you dust a fine substance onto something, you cover it lightly with that substance.
例句
Lightly dust the fish with flour...
在魚上撒上少許面粉。
Dust and blend blusher on the apples of your cheeks...
將胭脂調勻涂在你臉頰紅潤的地方。
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PHRASE
消亡;失敗
If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed.
例句
In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust...
在過去的 30 年中,許多珍貴的價值觀已經消失殆盡。
The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.
這項指控斷送了一名講師的前程。
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PHRASE
塵埃落定;形勢明朗;事態平息
If you say that something will happen when the dust settles, you mean that a situation will be clearer after it has calmed down. If you let the dust settle before doing something, you let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else.
例句
Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision...
事態一旦平息,貝克就為他的決定辯白。
I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that.
我認為我們需要等事態平息之后再看看會發生什么。
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PHRASE
被擱置;被忽視;塵封
If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
例句
Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements...
許多機器塵封在地下室里。
The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.
塵封了一年多后,專輯終于在 10 月發行。