| 单词 | dust off |
| 释义 | dust offregional note: in BRIT, also use dust down 1. phrasal verb If you say that someone dusts something off or dusts it down, you mean they are using an old idea or method, rather than trying something new. Critics dusted down the superlatives they had applied to the first three films. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The singer dusted off classics such as 'Me and Bobby McGee'. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE]2. phrasal verb If you say that someone has dusted himself or herself off or dusted himself or herself down, you mean that they have managed to recover from a severe problem which has affected their life. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PARTICLE] When we are rejected, picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off and started again. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for dustIf someone dusts down something or dusts dirt off something, they remove dirt or dust from it. He stood and dusted down his suit and folded the letter away. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Use loose powder to set your makeup, dusting the excess off with a brush. [VERB noun PARTICLE] dust off in American English Informal to prepare to use Examples of 'dust off' in a sentence |
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