dust

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  • n. 灰尘;尘埃;尘土
  • vt. 撒;拂去灰尘
  • vi. 拂去灰尘;化为粉末
  • n. (Dust)人名;(德、俄)杜斯特
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dust 都是土
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中文词源

dust 尘土

来自PIE*dheu, 烟雾,烟尘,昏暗,词源同dusk, dun.

英语词源

dust
dust: [OE] The notion ultimately underlying dust seems to be that of ‘smoke’ or ‘vapour’. It goes back to a prehistoric Indo-European base *dheu-, which also produced Latin fūmus and Sanskrit dhūma- ‘smoke’. A Germanic descendant of this, *dunstu-, picks up the idea of a cloud of fine particles being blown about like smoke, and is the basis of Norwegian dust ‘dust’ and duft ‘finely ground grain’, German duft ‘fragrance’ (from an earlier Middle High German tuft ‘vapour, dew’), and English dust.
dust (n.)
Old English dust, from Proto-Germanic *dunstaz (cognates: Old High German tunst "storm, breath," German Dunst "mist, vapor," Danish dyst "milldust," Dutch duist), from PIE *dheu- (1) "dust, smoke, vapor" (cognates: Sanskrit dhu- "shake," Latin fumus "smoke"). Meaning "that to which living matter decays" was in Old English, hence, figuratively, "mortal life."
dust (v.)
c. 1200, "to rise as dust;" later "to sprinkle with dust" (1590s) and "to rid of dust" (1560s); from dust (n.). Related: Dusted; dusting. Sense of "to kill" is U.S. slang first recorded 1938 (compare bite the dust under bite (v.)).

权威例句

1. Lights reflected off dust-covered walls creating a ghostly luminescence.
灯光照在满是灰尘的墙上,反射回苍白的冷光。
2. The powdery dust rose in a cloud around him.
一团粉尘在他周围扬起。
3. In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust.
在过去的30年中,许多珍贵的价值观已经消失殆尽。
4. Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland.
风猛地刮起一阵灰尘,将它吹往内陆。
5. Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements.
许多机器尘封在地下室里。

词语辨析

【scrub, clear, clean, dust, wipe, mop, sweep】
这组词都有“使干净”的意思,其区别是:
scrub: 指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。
clear: 指清除不要的东西。
clean: 是这些动词中最常用的词,指将某物或某处的污物等清除掉,弄干净。
dust: 指将积落在物体表面的尘土抹去、掸掉或擦去以保干净。
wipe: 多指用布、纸等物把东西擦净,也指擦掉某物。
mop: 侧重指用拖把擦洗地板,有时也指擦干净或擦去。
sweep: 指用扫帚等进行清扫,也用作比喻。

【clay, mud, dust, ground, land, earth, dirt, soil】
这组词都有“土地,土,泥”的意思,其区别是:
clay: 特指潮湿时发粘,而火烤后变坚硬的泥土。
mud: 指湿土,尤指雨后稀泥、污泥。
dust: 特指土壤干燥后,飞扬于空中的细微泥土。
ground: 通常指大地的表面,也可指土壤、泥土或场地。
land: 含义笼统。指与河流、海洋相对的陆地,也指可耕种的土地。
earth: 多指地表带有水分的泥土,较具体。
dirt: 指地表的干松泥土。
soil: 特指适宜栽种农作物或生长各种植物的泥土。

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