| 释义 | dust Theme: DEPARTin. to leave; to depart. Well, it's late. I gotta dust.They dusted out of there at about midnight.Theme: DRUGS - ADDEDtr. to add a powdered drug to the end of a (tobacco or cannabis) cigarette. Pete dusted one, then lit it up.Max never dusts them before he sells them.Theme: DRUGS - POWDERn. a powdered drug: heroin, phencyclidine (PCP), cocaine; fine cannabis. It's the dust that can really do you damage.Wally got hold of some kind of dust and took it to the police.Theme: MURDER tr. to kill someone. (Underworld.) The gang set out to dust the witnesses, but only got one of them.Max knew that Bruno was out to dust him.Theme: OVERWHELMtr. to defeat someone; to win out over someone. We dusted the other team, 87–54.In the second game, they dusted us.Theme: TOBACCOn. fine tobacco for rolling cigarettes. (Prisons.) How about a little dust for this candy bar?I don't want dust. I need chocolate.
dust 1. noun 1 a powdered narcotic, especially cocaine or heroin US, 1916. 2 phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as PCP or angel dust. An abbreviation of ANGEL DUST. US, 1977. 3 inexpensive cigarette tobacco given free to prisoners US, 1967. 4 the powdered malted milk used in soda fountain malt drinks US, 1946. 5 money UK, 1607. 6 a small amount of money TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1987. 7 the condition of being doomed or finished US, 1994.► on the dustworking as a refuse collector UK, 1999 2. verb 1 to beat UK, 1612. 2 to shoot; to kill US, 1972. 3 to leave US, 1945. 4 to use and become intoxicated with phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as PCP or angel dust US, 1989. 5 to combine marijuana and heroin for smoking US, 1986. 6 in horse racing, to administer a drug to a horse before a race US, 1951 
idiomdustbite the dustto die or fail:Hundreds of small businesses are biting the dust every day.The last wild turkey in this area bit the dust 50 years ago.the dust settlesif the dust settles after a difficult, confusing, or exciting situation, people gradually stop being angry, upset, excited, or confused:When the dust settles, I think we'll see that Mr Darmon's actions have done little damage to the school's reputation.It may take a few days for the dust to settle so both sides can start negotiating again.I'd like to have another try for the contract, but I think I'll wait for the dust to settle first.be eating sb's dust AmEAmEbeat/defeat to be much less successful in a competition, sport, or business than someone you are competing against:Yet again Rangers have ended the season eating Celtic's dust. For too long, American manufacturers were eating the dust of foreign competitors, who were getting higher quality, more attractively priced products to customers.phrasedust[dusted, dusted, dusting]Note This idiom comes from the idea that when one car is beating another in a race, the second driver is forced to drive in the clouds of dust that are pushed into the air by the first car. gather dustused in order to say that something is not being used or thought about:Computers that were bought three years ago are now sitting around and gathering dust.The latest report on education has been left to gather dust on the Department's shelf.be like gold dustused in order to say that something is very valuable and very difficult to find:This is only the second time in 35 years the team's made it to the finals, so tickets are like gold dust."High quality clinical researchers are like gold dust," said a spokesman for the research council.not see sb for dust BrEBrEused in order to say that someone leaves a place very quickly, often in order to avoid a situation:If I won the lottery you wouldn't see me for dust - I'd go off on a round-the-world cruise.Many of our women readers wrote in with the same problem - one mention of commitment and they don't see their boyfriends for dust.shake the dust (of sth) from your feet BrEBrEto leave or forget about a difficult situation, especially one that has been causing you trouble for a long time:It had taken Mary three years to shake the dust of her failed marriage off her feet, but now she was ready to meet someone new.Many of the East's financial institutions found it almost impossible to shake the dust of the stock market crash off their feet. dust down/off 1.   dust down/off sth • dust sth down/off to remove dirt or dust from something, using your hands or a cloth or brush: He got up off the ground and dusted down his trousers. Alan pulled a wooden elephant out of the box, and dusted it off.dust yourself down/off Anabelle picked herself up and dusted herself off. She was bruised, but not seriously hurt.2.   dust down/off sth • dust sth down/off to get something ready to be used after not using it for a long time: Investors are at last dusting down their cheque books as the economy recovers. It's 70s night at Club Fantastic, so dust off your platform shoes and come on down and boogie.■ SIMILAR TO: dig out
 
 dustSee:1.  in. to leave; to depart.  They dusted out of there at about midnight.   2.  tv. to defeat someone; to win out over someone.  We dusted the other team, eighty-seven to fifty-four.   3.  tv. to kill someone. (Underworld.)  The gang set out to dust the witnesses but got only one of them.   4.  n. fine tobacco for rolling cigarettes. (Prisons.)  How about trading a little dust for this candy bar?   5.  n. a powdered drug: heroin, phencyclidine (PCP), cocaine; fine cannabis. (Drugs.)  It’s the dust that can really do you damage.   6.  tv. to add a powdered drug to the end of a (tobacco or cannabis) cigarette. (Drugs.)  Pete dusted one, then lit it up.   7.  n. worthless matter.  John said that Frank was going to be dust if Mr. Gutman ever heard about what happened. (as) dry as dustafter the dust has settledafter the dust settlesafter/when the dust settlesangel dustbe done and dustedbe eating (one's) dustbe eating (someone's) dustbite the dustbite the dust, tobudget dustcatch dustCharge it to the dust and let the rain settle itcollect dustcorral dustcut the dustdone and dusteddry as dustdry-as-dustdustdust (one's) pantsdust and ashesdust bunnydust mousedust of angelsdust offdust off the batterdust outdust pantsdust someone offdust someone’s pantsdust-upeat (someone's) dusteat someone's dustgather dustheaven dusthit the sawdust trailin the dustin the dust, leave someonejoy dustjoy flakeskiss the dustleave (someone or something) in the dustleave somebody/something in the dustlet the dust settlelike gold dustmake the dust flynot see (one) for dustnot see somebody for dustnot see someone for dustonce the dust has settledraise a dustshake the dust from (one's) feetshake the dust from one's feetshake the dust from one's feet, toshake the dust of (something or some place) from (one's) feetshake the dust of somewhere from your feetshake the dust off (one's) feetshake the dust off your feetthe dust settlesthrow dust in (one's) eyesthrow dust in (one's) facethrow dust in someone's eyesthrow dust in someone's eyes, toturn to dustwatch my dustwhen the dust has settledwhen the dust settles
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