English Dictionary

dust

/dʌst/

noun

(uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.

I wiped the dust off the shelf.

意味（1）

(uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.

There is so much dust released during the process of laying ballast that the trackside operator wears a full face mask with respirator.

意味（2）

(astronomy, uncountable) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.

Astronomers have previously considered that dust produced by the star was obscuring it, causing the steep decline in brightness.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.

to touch a dust of England's ground

意味（4）

(countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.

[…] once they start school, I mean you can do a room out one day, the next day it only needs a dust, doesn't it?

意味（5）

The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

For now shall I sleep in the dust.

意味（6）

The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

For I will leave my relics in your land, / And you may carve a shrine about my dust, / And burn a fragrant lamp before my bones, / When I am gather'd to the glorious saints.

意味（7）

(figuratively) Something worthless.

And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust.

意味（8）

(figuratively) A low or mean condition.

[God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust.

意味（9）

(slang, dated) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).

'And what do you ask for it?' 'Fifteen thousand dollars.' 'I'll take it.' 'Then down with the dust.'

意味（10）

(colloquial) A disturbance or uproar.

to raise, or kick up, a dust

意味（11）

(mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.