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单词 dusty
释义
dustydust‧y /ˈdʌsti/ ●●○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • dusty shelves
  • a dusty road
  • Samandari lives in a small dusty village on the edge of the desert.
  • The journal was dusty and beginning to fall apart.
  • The road to Bangalore was hot and dusty.
  • The room was dark and dusty.
  • The shelves are really dusty.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As they hurried down dusty, echoing staircases, Mungo began to wonder whether he would have enough money.
  • Games players cleared areas of sand or dusty rubble.
  • He merely watched the obscure corners of the busy planet and poked his stubby nose into dusty crannies.
  • The dusty reflection reminded him of a painting, the dim figure still as paint.
  • The outer door opened, and the dusty moonscape lay before them, glimmering in the earthlight.
  • The rising sun slowly turns the drab greys and dull browns of the mountains to patches of pale gold and dusty pinks.
  • The walls in the house were dusty pastels.
  • They lived in a dusty adobe house along Buckeye Road.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
not clean: · His clothes were untidy and he had dirty hands.
very dirty: · Each year filthy water causes millions of cases of illness.
covered with mud: · It had been raining hard and the path was muddy.
covered with dust: · the dusty shelves in the attic
covered with oil or grease: · Greasy food is bad for your health.
(also mucky British English) informal fairly dirty and needing to be cleaned or washed: · He was wearing a grubby white T-shirt.· mucky fingers
covered with thick dirt or dirt that has been there a long time: · I couldn’t see much out of the grimy windows of the train.
looking dark, dirty, and unpleasant. Used about rooms, houses, and buildings: · We worked in a dingy little office behind the station.
used about land, water, or air that has been made dirty: · 85% of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air.
made dirty by a dangerous substance or bacteria: · The virus is mainly spread through contaminated food.
formal extremely dirty and unpleasant. Used about the place or conditions in which someone lives: · People are living in squalid conditions, with little water and no sanitation.
formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially conditions in kitchens, restaurants, and hospitals: · The food was prepared under unhygienic conditions.
(also insanitary British English) formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially because there is not a good system for getting rid of waste: · People’s health is being threatened by overcrowded and insanitary homes.· They work for long hours in unsanitary conditions.
formal made dirty, especially by waste from your body: · Soiled nappies should be changed as quickly as possible.
Longman Language Activatordirty
not clean: · Look how dirty your hands are!· Take off those dirty jeans.· We were hot and dirty after working in the garden all afternoon.· Do you have any dirty clothes you need me to wash?get dirty (=become dirty): · How did the floor get so dirty?
covered in mud: · Your shoes are really muddy - take them off before you come in.· They moved slowly along the muddy footpath.· She left a trail of muddy footprints behind her.
a dusty room, piece of furniture etc is covered in dust, especially because no one has cleaned it or moved it for a long time: · The room was dark and dusty.· dusty shelves· The journal was dusty and beginning to fall apart.
something that is greasy looks dirty because it has an oily substance on it: · greasy pots and pans· Dick wiped his hands on a greasy rag.· Her long greasy hair hung down to her shoulders.
something that is grubby is fairly dirty, usually because it has been used a lot and not washed: · He blew his nose with a grubby handkerchief.· Her coat was grubby and one of the sleeves was torn.· From his back pocket Robert took out a grubby scrap of paper.
something that is grimy has a covering of dirt on its surface, especially because it has not been cleaned for a long time: · Chris was in a grimy apron, sweeping up.· The whole town was grimy from smoke and coal-dust.· It was difficult to see through the grimy windows of the cafe.
especially British, informal dirty: · Don't wear your best shoes -- you'll only get them all mucky.· The cafeteria was self-service, and guests had to carry their food on little plastic trays to mucky tables.
when there is not much rain
if the weather is dry , there is not much rain: · It was a very dry summer.· The weather tomorrow will be sunny and dry.· Tunisia has a hot, dry climate.· In Arizona, the air is often extremely dry.
a long period when there is little or no rain, so that people and animals do not have enough water and plants die: · Central Africa is suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.· A severe drought has caused most of the corn crop to fail.
a dusty road, town, track etc is dry and covered with dust, because the weather is hot and there is not much rain: · The road to Bangalore was hot and dusty.· Samandari lives in a small dusty village on the edge of the desert.
land that is arid is extremely dry and produces low quality crops because there is very little rain: · Much of Namibia is arid country and only fit for raising goats.· The region is an arid wasteland.
ground that is parched is completely dry because the weather has been very hot and there has been no rain for a long time: · The earth was so parched that there were huge cracks in it.· The parched yellow landscape of Death Valley stretched out for miles in front of us.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Then she noticed faint tyre impressions on the dusty ground and suspicion crept into her mind.· Their heads drooped, their cars waggled forward, they snuffed hopelessly at the dusty ground.· He was kneeling on the dusty ground.
· He paced the dusty road somewhat nervously, yet hardly able to contain the soaring enthusiasm in his heart.· We got a ride on a truck that bounced along the dusty road to the village.· On reaching the crossroads, we moved quickly to the right, and up the very dusty road leading to the village.· Three or four cars wheezed past us on the dusty road.· The lorry travelled very slowly on the dusty roads.· One façade of balconies faced the sea and the other looked down on to tennis courts and the dusty road threading into Limassol.· The next place had a dusty road, though not much else.
· The bearer set off along the wide, dusty street.· We both walked down the dusty street.· A small queue formed in the dusty street outside our office doors to ask for the scientist's address.· The nightclub closed and we all wandered out in the rickety dusty streets.· The dusty streets, now that the traders had withdrawn from them, seemed to enjoy a silent life of their own.· The stable next to the redbrick hall on the dusty street directly opposite the Andrew Jackson Hotel.· Two steely-eyed men face each other on a dusty street, their hands poised above holstered six-shooters.
· Corbett and Ranulf followed the dusty track past green hedgerows and up a hill.· Our two trucks, looking overly complex and vulnerable compared to our Neolithic surroundings, wait alongside the dusty track.· The run-down villas and cement footpaths give way to dusty tracks and wooden shacks.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • The rising sun slowly turns the drab greys and dull browns of the mountains to patches of pale gold and dusty pinks.
1covered with dust:  Adrian cycled along the dusty road. Everything’s really dusty.► see thesaurus at dirty2dusty blue/pink etc blue etc that is not bright but is slightly grey:  The curtains had faded to a dusty pink.
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