单词 | dirtying |
释义 | dirtying (once / 89541 pages) n WORD FAMILY dirty: dirtied, dirtier, dirties, dirtiest, dirtily, dirtiness, dirtying+/dirt: dirts, dirty USAGE EXAMPLESGitlin said that means “dirtying our hands in winning local and state battles which are instrumental to changing the national balance.” Seattle Times(Nov 14, 2016) Zverev fell to the clay, dirtying his shorts and shirt, and had to go over to his chair to dust himself off. Seattle Times(May 11, 2016) The idea of Francis and me dirtying our hands with experiments brought unconcealed amusement. James D. Watson, Double Helix(1968) n the act of soiling something Syn|Hypo|Hyper soiling, soilure maculation, spotting, staining the act of spotting or staining something contamination, pollutionthe act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors dust contaminationthe act of contaminating with dust particles change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
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