Dirt
[dɜːt] or [dɝt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the state of being covered with unclean things.
(adj.) (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel .
厄纳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.
(n.) Meanness; sordidness.
(n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
(v. t.) To make foul of filthy; to dirty.
校對:杜鲁门
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Filth, foul matter.
整理:辛克莱
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Foulness, dung, filth, uncleanness, meanness, sordidness
ANT:Cleanness, purity, ablution, integrity
編輯:罗伊
解釋/意思:
n. any filthy substance such as dung mud &c.: loose earth.—v.t. to make dirty.—n. Dirt′-bed a quarryman's term for several layers in the Purbeck group.—adj. Dirt′-cheap cheap as dirt very cheap.—n. Dirt′-eating a practice of using some kinds of clay for food as among the Ottomacs of South America: a morbid impulse to eat dirt amongst negroes (Cachexia Africana) and pregnant women.—adv. Dirt′ily.—ns. Dirt′iness; Dirt′-pie clay moulded by children's hands in the form of a pie.—adjs. Dirt′-rotten (Shak.) wholly decayed; Dirt′y foul filthy: unclean in thought or conversation: despicable: mean.—v.t. to soil with dirt: to sully:—pr.p. dirt′ying; pa.p. dirt′ied.—Eat dirt submissively to acquiesce in a humiliation; Throw dirt at to abuse scurrilously or slanderously.
手打:斯坦
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of seeing freshly stirred dirt around flowers or trees, denotes thrift and healthful conditions abound for the dreamer. To see your clothes soiled with unclean dirt, you will be forced to save yourself from contagious diseases by leaving your home or submitting to the strictures of the law. To dream that some one throws dirt upon you, denotes that enemies will try to injure your character.
錄入:李莉斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Fernando hawked and spat proudly onto the floor of the cave, then rubbed it in the dirt with his foot. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- This cannot be removed by water alone, but if soap is used and a generous lather is applied to the skin, the dirt is cut and passes from the body into the water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Using this cover, they were linking the individual mounds up with stones and dirt. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I love those pretty feet so dearly, that I feel as if I could not bear the dirt to soil the sole of your shoe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Joaqu韓, who was eighteen years old, had a steel helmet that he dug with and he passed dirt in it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Treating Perker's offer of eighteen bob a week, and a rise if he behaved himself, like dirt,' replied Lowten. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Edison has strong convictions on the liberal use of lubricants, but argued that in the ordinary oiling of machinery there is great waste, while much dirt is conveyed into the bearings. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I see plenty of dry sand, answered Sir Percival, and a spot of dirt in the middle of it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- How can you be so silly, cried her mother, as to think of such a thing, in all this dirt! 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- His gorgeousness was not unmixed with dirt; and both in complexion and consistency he had suffered from the closeness of his pantry. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- His family is nothing but bills, dirt, waste, noise, tumbles downstairs, confusion, and wretchedness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Its immense dome is said to be more wonderful than St. Peter's, but its dirt is much more wonderful than its dome, though they never mention it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Here, its power was only a glare: a stifling, sickly glare, serving but to bring forward stains and dirt that might otherwise have slept. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- In her soul she's a devilish unbeliever, common as dirt. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
手打:肖恩