Skip to main content

powder-puff

粉扑,粉状物,粉尘,粉末扑

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.

Examples

  • 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.

  • It has French ingredients like leeks and tarragon, and I use puff pastry to make the crust easy!

  • 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.

  • It was a white silk, with an immense train, of course, and without overskirt—simply caught up in a great puff behind.

  • It curled and twisted in the embers as if it had been a living thing; a puff of smoke, a pungent odour, and it was gone.

  • Steam machinery would accomplish more than nine-tenths of all the work, besides saving the expense of all the powder.