音标:[dʌst] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 灰尘, 尘埃, 粉末, 花粉, 土, 骚乱
vt. 拂去灰尘, 撒, 弄成粉末
vi. 拂去灰尘, 化为粉末
n. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
n. free microscopic particles of solid material
v. remove the dust from
v. rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
词型变化:现在分词 : dusting ; 过去式 : dusted ; 过去分词 : dusted ; 名词复数形式 : dusts ; 第三人称单数 : dusts
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研/IELTS]
词性分布:
名词86%
动词14%

dust的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The mirror is covered with a film of dust.镜子蒙上了一层灰尘。
  2. A thick layer of dust lay on the furniture.家具上覆盖着一层厚厚的灰尘。
  3. The truck left clouds of dust in its wake.车后扬起了一阵尘土。
  4. She knocks the dust out of her coat.她打掉外套上的尘土。
  5. The amount of the industrial dust is rather large.工业粉尘排放量很大。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. I used a piece of rag to dust the wooden furniture.我用一块抹布擦拭木制家具上的灰尘。
  2. Mum dusted the pan with flour.妈妈在平地锅上撒了些面粉。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. It's dusty so we have to dust every day.灰尘多,所以我们必须每天掸灰除尘。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. What a dust!好大的尘灰啊!
  2. The speeding car on the dirt road raised a great dust.土道上飞驰的汽车扬起一大阵尘土。
  3. The air was full of dust after the cars passed.汽车过后,空中尘土飞扬。
  4. The best way to lay the dust is to damp the floor down, and then rub it all over with a piece of cloth.不使尘土飞扬的最好方法就是把地板润湿一下,随后用布擦一遍。
  5. Her eyes were watering from dust.她的双眼进了灰尘正在流泪。
  6. His clothes were covered with dust.他的衣服上落满了尘埃。
  7. The girl washed the dust off the table.那女孩洗掉了桌上的灰尘。
  8. A great cloud of dust boiled up past the windows.一大团尘土旋动着在窗前经过。
  9. Rain turns dust into mud.雨水把尘土变成了泥浆。
  10. She married for love and the love turned to dust.她是为了爱情结婚的,但爱情却化成了烟尘。
  11. The most wildly romantic adventures all turned into dust and ashes.那些最为神奇浪漫的冒险事业都已烟消云散。
  12. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, if God won't have him the Devil must.愿尘埃之身,仍归尘埃,天堂如不接纳,地狱必予以容留。
  13. The ancient empire was crushed and humbled to the dust.那老大帝国被打得落花流水,威望扫地。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. She dusts every day.她每天都擦拭灰尘。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. Dust your hat.拂去你帽子上的灰尘。
  2. Please dust all the books on the bottom shelf.请把底层的书掸一掸。
  3. He dusted the books as he took them from the shelf.他从书架上拿下书时,掸了掸灰尘。
  4. She dusts furniture every day.她每天掸拂家具。
  5. He dusted all the furniture and then polished it.他给所有的家具掸去灰尘,然后把它们擦亮。
  6. She dusted the TV set carefully.她小心翼翼地为电视机拭去灰尘。
  7. She dusted the radio lightly.她轻轻地为收音机拭去灰尘。
  8. Dust the crumbs from your lap.掸掉你腿上的面包屑。
  9. The airplane dusted an insecticide on the crops.飞机给庄稼洒农药。
  10. The cook dusted the cake with sugar.厨师在蛋糕上撒上糖。
  11. The nurse dusted powder over the baby.保育员把爽身粉撒在婴儿身上。
  12. She put on lipstick and dusted her face with powder.她涂上口红,在脸上抹了粉。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
bite the dust
    被打败,被拒绝 be defeated or rejected
kick up〔raise〕 a dust
    引起骚乱 make a dust
like gold dust
    极其罕见 extremely rare
not see sb for dust
    跑得连影子也看不到 be unable to see sb because he〔she〕 has left in a hurry
shake the dust off one's feet
    离开厌恶之处,但愿不再返回 leave a place one does not like, hoping not to return
throw dust in sb's eyes
    迷惑某人,蒙蔽某人 prevent sb from seeing the truth by misleading him
when the dust has settled
    烟消云散,疑云散尽,愁云散尽 when the present uncertainty, unpleasantness, etc. is over
用作动词(v.)
dust down (v.+adv.)
    把灰尘掸掉(或刷掉) make dust offdust oneself/sth ⇔ down

    Dust yourself down.

    把你身上的土掸净。

    She stood up and dusted herself down.

    她站起身来,掸去身上的灰尘。

    They dusted down the whole house before they started decorating.

    在开始装饰之前,他们把整幢房子打扫了一遍。

dust off (v.+adv.)
    迅速离开 leave rapidlydust sb/sth ⇔ off

    Dust yourself off.

    把你身上的土掸净。

    dust sth ⇔ off

    Four years after he graduated from school,Tom decided to dust off his algebra books.

    毕业4年后,汤姆决定重温搁置已久的代数书。

    dust off

    She dusted off faster than a wind.

    她飞快地跑开了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • collect dust积累灰尘
  • drive the dust消除灰尘
  • gather dust积累灰尘
  • kick up a dust扬起灰尘
  • make a dust扬起灰尘
  • raise dust扬起尘埃,引起骚动
  • remove dust除去灰尘
  • sweep up dust扫除灰尘
  • bite the dust战死,负伤,失败
  • eat dust含垢忍辱
  • kiss the dust被制服,被杀死,卑躬屈膝
  • lie in the dust成为废墟,战死
  • make the dust fly干得卖力,动得迅速
  • throw dust in sb's eyes蒙蔽某人,迷惑某人
形容词+~
  • fine dust细末
  • thick dust厚厚的尘土
名词+~
  • coal dust煤粉
  • gold dust金粉末
介词+~
  • from dust to dust从生到死,人生一世
  • a cloud of dust一片尘雾
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • dust a cap掸一掸帽子
  • dust a room打扫房间
~+副词
  • dust animatedly用力地掸
  • dust carefully小心翼翼地掸
  • dust furiously生气地掸
  • dust industriously勤掸
  • dust lightly轻轻地掸
  • dust listlessly无力地掸
  • dust vigorously有力地掸
~+介词
  • dust the snow from one's overcoat掸掉大衣上的雪花
  • dust fertilizer on plants给植物施粉末状肥料
  • dust sugar over a cake在糕饼上撒糖
  • dust the plants with insecticide在作物上撒上杀虫药
  • dust a cake with sugar在糕饼上撒糖

经典引文

  • There wasn't one chip, one scratch, one speck of dust anywhere.

    出自:J. Braine
  • The peppering of red road dust on the old man's hat.

    出自:E. Welty
  • Drought had..dried the soil to a fine grey dust, that now rose up on every wind.

    出自:U. Le Guin
  • We go out..and dust our feet along its thoroughfares.

    出自:J. A. Froude
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