powder 的 3 个定义
- any solid substance reduced to a state of fine, loose particles by crushing, grinding, disintegration, etc.
- a preparation in this form, as gunpowder or face powder.
- Also powder snow. Skiing. loose, usually fresh snow that is not granular, wet, or packed.
- to reduce to powder; pulverize.
- to sprinkle or cover with powder: She powdered the cookies with confectioners' sugar.
- to apply powder to as a cosmetic.
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- to use powder as a cosmetic.
- to become pulverized.
powder 近义词
fine, loose grains made by crushing a solid
crush into fine grains; sprinkle fine grains
更多powder例句
- It’s filled with an emery powder, which can sharpen needles.
- Toner cartridges use a powder and precision technology to accurately and sharply print out text documents.
- Plus, metal powders also can present a “breathing hazard,” Gunduz points out.
- Next, glazes are mixed, requiring a number of powders, sands, and clays.
- The new catalyst is a powder made of cheap ingredients, such as iron.
- Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
- Other versions are coated in marzipan, or dusted in powder sugar.
- This powder can be shipped anywhere and then reconstituted—just add water, as if it were instant coffee.
- So the new inhaled powder measles vaccine may in a few years turn out to be an easier way to protect kids from measles.
- They say that the Israelis framed him in order to light the powder keg of religious war over the al-Aqsa compound.
- The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.
- The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.
- Steam machinery would accomplish more than nine-tenths of all the work, besides saving the expense of all the powder.
- When first seen it is said to have had a pasty consistency, but on exposure to the air it dried and crumbled into powder.
- The poorest people reduce it to powder by manual labour, in the same way as they grind corn preparatory to baking it into cakes.