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dusting

/duhs-ting/US // ˈdʌs tɪŋ //

除尘,尘埃落定,尘埃飞扬,尘埃

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a light application: a dusting of powder.
    • : a beating; defeat: He gave his opponent a good dusting.

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Examples

  • She has her dusting day on Tuesday, vacuuming day on Wednesday and so on.

  • Flakes may fly in the Outer Banks as snow targets North Carolina, southern VirginiaWe can’t rule out a dusting or a coating, with the chance increasing as you head south of the Beltway.

  • Tres leches cake sports a two-toned top, thanks to a pink dusting of hibiscus sugar across half the luscious dessert.

  • It’s not impossible that a spot or two gets a quick dusting on grassy surfaces.

  • Some areas have already received a dusting and, with temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s, it’s cold enough to stick on paved surfaces.

  • Cue a series of shots of these veteran actors dusting off their best revenge faces.

  • To my horror, he was romping with a girl on a white beach, a scrim of sand dusting her tan skin.

  • Instead, her au naturel dusting and vacuuming maintained her svelte figure.

  • This would make sense, if there was a cut-off somewhere along the vast “deodorant using—crop dusting” continuum.

  • The wounded warrior in front of me rode so well, and so fast, dusting me in the flats, that for a while I forgot he was a veteran.

  • Does he want his servants to be as clever as himself—to read his books and papers instead of dusting his library.

  • He walks slowly, dusting the iron railing, then turns to give my door a few light strokes with the cat-o'-many-tails.

  • He found his judge awakening from a nap before his library fire and dusting the crumbs from his beard.

  • "Everything is so sweet and cosey I almost envy you," she added, dusting the top of the clock with a tiny feather duster.

  • "Professor Farrago said they were not for us to eat," she said, dusting each pie with powdered sugar.