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单词 undust
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undustv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1b(b).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdust.
transitive. To clear from dust; to wipe clean.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > dusting > dust [verb (transitive)]
dust1568
undust1611
to dust off1948
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Dispolueráre, to vndust.
1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. vi. §3. 121 When we frequently dress up the Altar of our hearts, and undust it from all these little foulnesses.
1884 in Notes & Queries 14 June 466/1 The piece [a play] has been unearthed, or rather undusted, by Mr. Thicke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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