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单词 dusted
释义

dust

1 of 2

noun

ˈdəst How to pronounce dust (audio)
1
: fine particles of matter (as of earth)
2
: the particles into which something disintegrates
3
a
: something worthless
b
: a state of humiliation
4
a
: the earth especially as a place of burial
b
: the surface of the ground
5
a
: a cloud of dust
b
: confusion, disturbance
6
archaic : a single particle (as of earth)
7
British : refuse ready for collection
dustless
ˈdəst-ləs How to pronounce dust (audio)
adjective
dustlike
ˈdəst-ˌlīk How to pronounce dust (audio)
adjective

dust

2 of 2

verb

dusted; dusting; dusts

transitive verb

1
archaic : to make dusty
2
: to make free of dust
dust the living room
3
a
: to sprinkle with fine particles
a cake dusted with sugar
b
: to sprinkle in the form of dust
4
: to throw a fastball close to (a batter) : brush back
often used with off
5
: to defeat badly (as in a race)

intransitive verb

1
of a bird : to work dust into the feathers
2
: to remove dust
3
: to give off dust

Synonyms

Noun

  • chaff
  • deadwood
  • debris
  • dreck
  • drek
  • dross
  • effluvium
  • effluvia
  • garbage
  • junk
  • litter
  • offal
  • offscouring
  • raffle
  • refuse
  • riffraff
  • rubbish
  • scrap
  • spilth
  • trash
  • truck
  • waste

Verb

  • annihilate
  • blow away
  • bomb
  • bury
  • clobber
  • cream
  • drub
  • flatten
  • paste
  • rout
  • shellac
  • skin
  • skunk
  • smoke [slang]
  • smother
  • snow under
  • thrash
  • trim
  • tromp
  • trounce
  • wallop
  • wax [slang]
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whap
  • whup
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Example Sentences

Noun The floor was covered with dust. You can see the dust particles floating through the air. There is not a speck of dust in that house. As the car sped down the dirt road, it left a cloud of dust behind. He wiped the chalk dust off his hands. Verb I dust at least once a week. Dust the pan with flour. The crops will be dusted with pesticide. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But Webb can look past the dust with its unparalleled sensitivity to infrared light. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2022 Danny Corte has a feasibility study in his office that is gathering dust. al, 11 Sep. 2022 The girls drew sketches of wind turbines and conical solar panels that would use gravity or possibly rotate to stay relatively dust-free. San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 The mission will then close again so that delicate religious relics and murals behind the altar can be restored in a dust-free environment. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 It’s like the Midsummer Night’s Dream effect with the magic dust. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022 In addition, the dust accelerates snowmelt, causing havoc for the ski industry and Wasatch Front water supplies. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 The dust leaves Africa and moves across the Atlantic basin. Judson Jones, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 The dust will be an issue not only on the day of demolition, but could be for weeks thereafter, every time debris is loaded onto trucks and transported to a waste-disposal site, said Vikrant Tongad, an environmental conservationist in Noida. Shefali Anand, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
Verb
This take on the Sam Cooke classic will pick you up and dust you off. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2022 Place a piece of parchment paper on the counter, and dust it with flour. Christina Bernstein, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2020 Still, oilier skin types might need to dust another layer onto their T-zones sooner than later. Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2022 Addison is four inches shorter, nearly 50 pounds lighter and a near-unstoppable deep threat who might dust London in a foot race. Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022 Be sure to regularly dust the plant's leaves with a damp cloth to improve its ability to photosynthesize. Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022 The child on the street who saw me drop my cookie, pick it up, inspect it, dust it off, and eat it. Jason Adam Katzenstein, The New Yorker, 18 May 2022 The man asked whether Shinn would be willing every day to empty all the trash cans, dust the erasers and put sodas in the vending machines. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2022 Give yourself five minutes to complain, but then dust yourself off and get back up! Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English dūst; akin to Old High German tunst storm, and probably to Latin fumus smoke — more at fume

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

dust 1 of 2

noun

ˈdəst How to pronounce dust (audio)
1
: fine dry powdery particles (as of earth) : a fine powder that often builds up on furniture
2
: a fine powder made from a particular substance or from something that has disintegrated
gold dust
3
: the surface of the ground
The horses pawed at the dust.

dust

2 of 2

verb

dusted; dusting
1
: to make free of dust : brush or wipe away dust
dust furniture
2
: to sprinkle with or as if with fine particles
Dust the pan with flour.

dusted

verb

past tense of dust
as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • whipped
  • bombed
  • topped
  • buried
  • smothered
  • trimmed
  • flattened
  • pasted
  • shellacked
  • mastered
  • thrashed
  • waxed
  • smoked
  • clobbered
  • trounced
  • skinned
  • walloped
  • swept
  • creamed
  • annihilated
  • routed
  • threw
  • overcame
  • whupped
  • tromped
  • beat
  • upset
  • overwhelmed
  • whopped
  • snowed under
  • whapped
  • blew away
  • destroyed
  • whomped
  • surpassed
  • skunked
  • capped
  • conquered
  • drubbed
  • took
  • scored
  • succeeded
  • licked
  • finished
  • crushed
  • dispatched
  • exceeded
  • ate alive
  • wiped the ground with
  • subdued
  • beat the pants off
  • wiped the floor with
  • vanquished
  • bested
  • surmounted
  • ran rings around
  • slaughtered
  • eclipsed
  • ran circles around
  • outshone
  • excelled
  • upended
  • hurdled
  • knocked over
  • subjugated
  • overpowered
  • overmatched
  • outstripped
  • worsted
  • bettered
  • outdid
  • pipped
  • transcended
  • flourished
  • knocked off
  • overthrew
  • outfought
  • outdistanced
  • outshined
  • sunk
  • overtopped
  • nosed out
  • broke
  • sank
  • triumphed (over)
  • aced (out)
  • prevailed (over)
  • overbore
  • won (against)
  • did in
  • edged (out)
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