I'm very fortunate in that I don't have to do the washing-up or the dusting.
我很幸运,因为我不用洗餐具也不用打扫灰尘。
5VERB 涂(粉);撒(粉);在…上撒 If you dust something with a fine substance such as powder or if you dust a fine substance onto something, you cover it lightly with that substance. 涂(粉);撒(粉);在…上撒
Lightly dust the fish with flour. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
在鱼上撒上少许面粉。
Dust and blend blusher on the apples of your cheeks. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
将胭脂调匀涂在你脸颊红润的地方。
Dry your feet well and then dust between the toes with baby powder. [VERB adv./prep.]
6PHRASE 消亡;失败 If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed. 消亡;失败 [humorous, informal, emphasis]
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。
The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.
这项指控断送了一名讲师的前程。
7PHRASE 尘埃落定;形势明朗;事态平息 If you say that something will happen when the dust settles, you mean that a situation will be clearer after it has calmed down. If you let the dust settle before doing something, you let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else. 尘埃落定;形势明朗;事态平息 [informal]
Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision.
事态一旦平息,贝克就为他的决定辩白。
I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that.
我认为我们需要等事态平息之后再看看会发生什么。
8PHRASE 被搁置;被忽视;尘封 If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it. 被搁置;被忽视;尘封
Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements.
许多机器尘封在地下室里。
The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF DUST | VERB + DUST | DUST + VERB | DUST + NOUNADJECTIVE➤fine細塵➤airborne浮塵➤radioactive放射性塵埃➤house, household室內塵埃➤desert (especially NAmE) 沙塵➤cosmic, moon宇宙塵;月塵▸➤brick, chalk, coal, gold, etc.磚灰、粉筆灰、煤灰、砂金等➤fairy, magic, pixie (especially NAmE) 仙塵;魔塵;精靈之塵... OF DUST➤cloud, layer一團塵土;一層灰塵◇The tractor came up the track in a cloud of dust.拖拉機捲着一團塵土沿着小路開了過來。◇There was a layer of fine dust on the table.桌子上有一層細細的灰塵。➤particle, speck灰塵顆粒;灰塵微粒◇Remove any particles of dust on the surface of the paint.去除油漆表面的灰塵顆粒。◇microscopic specks of dust顯微鏡下的粒粒塵土VERB + DUST➤collect, gather聚積灰塵◇Her chess set lay on a shelf gathering dust.她的一副國際象棋放在架子上積了灰塵。➤be covered in, be covered with塵封➤brush, remove, shake, sweep, sweep up, wipe刷掉/清除/抖去/掃掉/撣去/擦拭灰塵◇He brushed the dust off his clothes.他刷掉了衣服上的灰塵。◇She shook the dust from her hair.她抖去了頭髮上的灰塵。➤blow颳起灰塵◇The wind was blowing dust through the streets of the city.風颳得滿城街道上塵土飛揚。DUST + VERB➤lie灰塵積於◇The dust now lay in a thick layer on her piano.現在她的鋼琴上積了厚厚的一層灰。➤coat sth, cover sth灰塵覆蓋⋯◇Dust covered the whole shelf.整個架子都積了一層灰。➤settle灰塵落於◇The dust settled on everything in the kitchen.廚房裏每一樣東西上都落了灰。◇I waited for the dust to settle from her resignation before talking to her about it. (figurative) 我等到關於她辭職的消息塵埃落定之後才跟她談論此事。➤blow, float, fly, swirl灰塵吹起來/飄浮起來/飛起來/盤旋起來◇Dust swirled around them like a misty cloud.灰塵就像一團霧靄般盤旋在他們周圍。➤fall, rise灰塵落下/揚起➤fill sth灰塵填滿某物◇He started coughing as dust filled his lungs.因為粉塵填滿了肺部,他開始咳嗽起來。➤clear塵埃散盡◇The dust cleared and Hari could see a tiger.塵埃散盡後哈里看見了一隻老虎。DUST + NOUN➤cloud塵雲▸➤grain, mote (old-fashioned) , particle塵粒▸➤storm塵暴➤ball, bunny (= a mass of dust and small pieces of hair, thread, etc.) (informal, both NAmE) 塵球;積塵➤devil (= a small column of dust over land, caused by the wind)塵捲風➤bowl風沙侵蝕區➤mite塵蟎◇a house dust mite一隻家塵蟎➤cover (especially NAmE) , sheet (BrE) (= for furniture, etc.)防塵罩;防塵布➤cover, jacket (= of a book)(圖書的)護封➤mask防塵面罩