词汇 | dusted |
释义 | dusted past simple and past participle ofdust dust verb uk /dʌst/ us /dʌst/ dustverb (CLEAN)[ I or T ] to use a cloth to remove dust from the surface of something: 擦去…的灰尘,给…除尘 I was dusting the mantelpiece when I noticed a crack.我在擦壁炉台的时候发现了一道裂纹。 Cleaning & tidying places & things adjust airing bed bioremediation clean something out dust dusting freshen freshen (someone/something) up going-over Hoover muck re-rack sandblast smarten (someone/something) up spiff someone/something up spit and polishidiom spruce tidy valet dustverb (COVER)[ T ] to cover something with a light powder: 在…上撒(粉末) dust something with somethingDust the top of the cake with icing sugar.在蛋糕上撒些糖霜。 Covering and adding layers additive asphalt bestrew bind blanket blindfold bury fall over film film over gum gum something up inlaid retile retread seasoned slap slap something on smother something in/with something tent Idiombe done and dusted Phrasal verbdust something off Examples of dusteddusted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is an embarrassed and embarrassing category from which the beautiful, the tasteful, the artistic, must be constantly separated and dusted off. Indeed, it appears that the centralist-rationalist and liberal-democratic paradigms of the 1960s have been little more than dusted-off and put back into service. At the same time, however, the city dusted off its plans of the 1930s and early 1940s for a major programme of slum clearance and redevelopment in its central areas. Postpronotal lobes and pleura yellowish-white dusted. Therefore, a 20-year old plan can be taken off a shelf, dusted down and it does not need an environmental impact assessment for approval. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English All the bad means from the past were dusted down, this time to break any opposition to progress. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These are sermons brought out of the filing cabinet, dusted and used again when someone is asked to speak in certain places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About five or six fields have already been announced, and a number of other plans have been dusted off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once again, law and order is being taken from the top shelf, dusted down and put in front of the electorate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every now and then it would be dusted off, put back and kept for a rainy day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no ready prepared northern route waiting to be brought off the shelf and dusted off for public consideration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here the offer is again taken out, dusted over and produced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cleaning contract requires panelling and shelving up to a height of 5·5 ft to be dusted daily. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new terminology, brushed up and dusted down, may better fit the 1990s, but the policy would not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every old initiative has been dusted down and regularly relaunched from every rooftop. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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