一、详细释义:
n.
污物;污泥 [U]
例句:
She whisked the dirt off.
她把污物掸掉。
例句:
His clothes are covered with dirt.
他的衣服上沾满污泥。
泥土,尘土,灰尘 [U]
例句:
The farmer came back from the fields with dirt on his boots.
农民从田里回来,靴子上有泥土。
例句:
She sells packets of graveyard dirt.
她出售用小袋包装的墓地尘土。
恶意中伤的话,流言蜚语 [U]
例句:
It's strange that he is always looking for dirt, trying to get other departments in trouble.
他真的很奇怪,总是在寻找流言蜚语,找其它部门的碴。
例句:
What's the dirt?
最近有什么流言蜚语?
下流想法,下流话 [U]
例句:
Be quiet! We don' t want to hear that kind of dirt!
别说了!我们不想听那种下流话!
二、词义辨析:
earth,clay,dirt,land,dust,soil,mud,ground
这些名词都有“土地,土,泥”之意。earth多指地表带有水分的泥土,较具体。clay特指潮湿时发粘,而火烤后变坚硬的泥土。dirt指地表的干松泥土。land含义笼统。指与河流、海洋相对的陆地,也指可耕种的土地。dust特指土壤干燥后,飞扬于空中的细微泥土。soil特指适宜栽种农作物或生长各种植物的泥土。mud指湿土,尤指雨后稀泥、污泥。ground通常指大地的表面,也可指土壤、泥土或场地。
三、相关短语:
dirt cheap
贱价,一钱不值
dish the dirt
说别人闲话,散布流言蜚语
pay dirt
有价值的矿藏,丰富的矿藏,有利可图的发现
hit the dirt
落在地上下火车迅速卧倒[体]滑垒
四、参考例句:
Dirt harbours germs.
污垢中藏有病菌。
Dirt choked the drain.
排水管被污泥堵塞。
What's the dirt?
最近有什么流言蜚语?
She whisked the dirt off.
她把污物掸掉。
She whisked the dirt off.
她把污物掸掉。
Wheels leave grooves in dirt roads.
车轮在泥路上留下凹痕。
Sponge that dirt off your face.
用海绵把你脸上的泥污擦掉。
Particles of dirt settled on the tablecloth.
尘埃落在台布上。
Dirt bike trails crisscrossed the grassy furrows.
越野摩托车的轮迹纵横交错地布满条条草沟。
Dirt and disease go hand in hand.
肮脏与疾病是密切相关的。