Powder
['paʊdə] or ['paʊdɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder.
(noun.) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized.
(verb.) apply powder to; 'She powdered her nose'; 'The King wears a powdered wig'.
編輯:尼特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.
(n.) An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
(v. t.) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
(v. i.) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
(v. i.) To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.
布莱尔整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Dust, pulverized substance.[2]. Gunpowder.
凯西整理
解釋/意思:
n. dust: any substance in fine particles: gunpowder a mixture of charcoal sulphur and saltpetre: hair-powder.—v.t. to reduce to powder: to sprinkle with powder: to salt by sprinkling.—v.i. to crumble into powder: to use powder for the hair.—n. Pow′der-box a box for toilet-powder &c.—adj. Pow′dered reduced to powder: sprinkled with powder: salted.—ns. Pow′der-flask Pow′der-horn a flask or horn for carrying powder fitted with a means of measuring the amount of each charge; Pow′dering-gown a loose dressing-gown worn while the hair was being powdered; Pow′dering-tub a vessel in which meat is salted: a vessel in which venereal disease is treated by sweating; Pow′der-mag′azine a strongly built place where powder is stored; Pow′der-mill a mill in which gunpowder is made; Pow′der-mine an excavation filled with gunpowder for blasting rocks &c.; Pow′der-monk′ey a boy formerly employed to carry powder to the gunners on board a ship-of-war; Pow′der-room the room in a ship where powder is kept.—adj. Pow′dery resembling or sprinkled with powder: dusty: friable.
編輯:卢克
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To see powder in your dreams, denotes unscrupulous people are dealing with you. You may detect them through watchfulness.
編輯:纽曼
例句/造句/用法:
- Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and mix them with the oils and gums. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- But fabrics immersed in a bleaching powder solution do not lose their color as would naturally be expected. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The acid used to liberate the chlorine from the bleaching powder, and the chlorine also, rot materials with which they remain in contact for any length of time. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Otherwise the fumes of powder could not have been blown so rapidly through the house. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- But if people require food, guns require powder, and no powder can be made without nitric acid. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The strongest washing powder is soda, and this cheap form is as good as any of the more expensive preparations sold under fancy names. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- There's a quarter of a pound of powder in the case, and I have got two newspapers in my pocket for the loadings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The child with a white blouse appears first red, then blue, then green, according as his powders burn red, blue, or green. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- An enormous quantity of sodium carbonate, or soda, as it is usually called, is needed in the manufacture of glass, soap, bleaching powders, and other commercial products. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- A child wearing a green frock on Independence Day seems at night to be wearing a black frock, if standing near powders burning with red, blue, or violet light. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Many housewives look askance at ready-made baking powders and prefer to bake with soda and sour milk, soda and buttermilk, or soda and cream of tartar. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Seidlitz powder is a simple remedy consisting of two powders, one containing bicarbonate of soda, and the other, some acid such as cream of tartar. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- First mix the powders and color with carmine, and then add the other ingredients and thoroughly mix. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Washing powders are sometimes used instead of washing soda. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- His notes include the use of powdered silicon mixed with lime or other very infusible non-conductors or semi-conductors. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The poles of the electromagnet in the local circuit are hollowed out and filled up with carbon disks or powdered plumbago. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Powdered opium is by no means tasteless. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Add sufficient powdered talc to give the mass the necessary consistency. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- I hope we shall meet again, Sir,' said the powdered-headed footman, rubbing his hands, and following Sam out to the door-step. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The very barristers' wigs are ill-powdered, and their curls lack crispness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But he will be very handsomely dressed in a court suit, with ruffles, and his hair a little powdered, like Mr. Wroughton at Covent Garden. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- More like the noise of powdering a iron bar on a nutmeg-grater,' suggested Brittles. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
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