- 掸(灰),抹去(或除去,去掉)…的灰尘;(以掸、擦、扫或刷等方式)使清洁,使干净(常与 off 连用):
She dusted all the books on the bookshelf.
她把书架上所有书上的灰尘都掸干净。
to dust a table
擦净桌子,或把桌子的灰掸掉
to dust all the furniture
给所有的家具掸去灰尘
to dust the TV set
为电视机拭去灰尘
- 掸(或擦、扫、刷)净,掸掉,擦去,刷掉:
Dust the crumbs from your shirt.
把你衬衣上的面包屑掸掉。
- 撒(粉等);把(粉末等)撒于…上面,播撒,喷撒;喷洒:
to dust rosebushes with an insecticide
给玫瑰丛喷撒杀虫剂
The farmers dusted crops with an insecticide.
农民们给作物喷洒杀虫剂。
- 把…弄得满是灰尘,使被灰尘弄脏,使沾上灰尘,以灰尘玷污:
It was a rather windy day. I went out and dusted my feet.
今天风很大。我外出双脚沾满灰尘。
- 使碎成粉土,使成粉末:
to dust the soil
使泥土成粉末
- 蒙蔽,迷惑
- [美国俚语]打,揍,失败:
We dusted the American team 106 to 99.
我们以106比99分击败了美国队。
- [美国俚语]干掉,杀死:
Haman knew that Fuller was out to dust him.
海曼知道富勒老想杀死他。
- [美国俚语]【棒球】(投手)故意向(击球手)投球威胁
- [美国俚语]在(香烟或大麻烟末端)加入神仙灰(或粉状麻醉品):
Tom dusted one, and then lit it up.
汤姆在一支香烟末端加入粉状麻醉品,然后点着抽。