'dust devil noun a small column of dust over land, caused
by the wind.尘卷风
dust-er /'dAsta(r)/ now/? 1 a
cloth for removing dust from furniture $布:；擦布；掸子 2 (oW-/fls/?/'〇A7ec/，A/AwE) a piece of
clothing that you wear over your other clothes when you are cleaning the house,
etc.(::守丁扫清
■诘时穿的）防土罩衫 3 a long coat that was
Worn
by
cowboys (牟仔穿―）防尘长外衣
'dust
jacket (also
dust cover)
noun a paper cover on a
book that protects it but that can be removed 护封； 包封
dust-man /'dAstman/ noun (pi. -men /-man/) (also informal bin-man, formal refuse collector) (all 8r£) (NAmE 'garbage man) a person whose job
is to remove waste from outside houses, etc. M X o note at
RUBBISH
'dust mite (also 'house dust mite) noun a very small creature
that lives in houses and can cause allergies
尘螨（能引起过敏）
dust-pan /'dAstpaen/ noun a small flat
container with a handle into which dust is brushed from the floor MM —picture o brush
'dust
sheet {BrB) [NAmE 'drop cloth) noun a large sheet that is
used to protect floors, furniture, etc. from dust or paint (地板、家具等的）防尘罩，苫布
'dust
storm now/?
a storm that carries clouds of dust in the wind over a wide area'尘暴
'dust-up
noun (BrE,
informal) an argument or fight 11^ 架；争眇；打架
dusty /'dAsti/ adj. (dust-ier,
dusti-est) 1 full of dust; covered with dust赤满灰尘的；灰尘覆盖的：a dusty road尘土飞扬的路<>pi7es 〇/dusty books —摞-摞布满灰
_尘的书 〇 note at dirty
2 (of a colour 颜色not bright;
dull i:灰色的；灰暗的；无光泽的：dusty pfnfc 土炭粉 红色
Dutch
/dAtJ/
adj. of or connected with
the
.Dutch
'barn noun {Br£) a farm building
without walls that has a roof supported on poles, and is used for storing hay (= dried grass)，etc.(无_的）干草棚 ,Dutch 'courage noun [U], [BrE, informal) the false courage or
confidence that a person gets from drinking alcohol酒后乏勇
.Dutch
'door noun (NAm£) = stable door .Dutch 'elm disease noun [U] a disease that
kills elm trees榆树荷兰病
duti-ful /'djuitifl; NAmE 'du:-/ adj. doing everything that
you are expected to do; willing to obey and to show respect尽命的；顺从的；恭敬的Cn71 obedient： a
dut诉/Z daughter/son/wi/e孝顺的女儿/ A子；贤惠的妻
子►
duti.ful.ly /-feli/
duty I'djmti; NAmE 'duiti/ noun {pi. -ies)
1
[C, U] something that you feel you have to do because it is your moral or legal
responsibility 责任；义务；本
分：ft is my duty to report it to the poHce..把这_报告给
警方是我的黃往。◊ councilors have a du(y to serve the commum’ty.地方议员有义务为社区服务。◊ I don't
want you to visit me simply out of a sense of duty. 我不希望你只是出于责任感才来潘我。◊ your duties as a parent 你作为父母的责任◊ to do your
duiy /or your country 为桓_尽己任 2
[U] the work that is your job 上
班；值班：Report/or duty at
computer system.你的职责将包括建立〜个新的计算机系
统。一see also heavy-duty o note at task
4 [C, U] ~ (on sth) a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially
those that you bring into a country 税；先
指进口 货品）关税：customs/ejccise/import
duties 关 税；消费税；地口备◊ duty on vWne and beer葡萄酒和啤
酒税一see also death
duty, stamp duty o note at tax
ITiTOl
on/off duty (of
nurses, police officers, etc. •护
士、警察等）working/not working at
a particular time 值（或下）itt;值（或不值）勤：Who’s on duty today?
:今天谁值班？，,◊ What time do you go
〇# duty?知什么时 候下班？： 一 see also off-duty —more at bounden, line n.
.duty-1
bound adj. [not before noun] {format) having to do sth
because it is your duty 责无旁备；义不容辞：I felt duty-bound to heZp
him.我觉得帮助他责无旁贷。
,duty-_free （of goods 商品）that you can bring
into a country without paying tax on them 免关税的.：ciuty- 户ee cigarettes 免税香烟► ,duty-’free fldv. .duty-_free noun (BrE, informal) ： We bought a load
of duty-frees (=duty-free goodsj at the airport.'我们在机场买了许多
免税商品。
,duty-'free
shop (also
.duty-'free)
noun a shop/store in an
airport or on a ship, etc. that sells goods such as cigarettes, alcohol, perfume, etc. without tax on them (机场内Y船上等的）免税商店
'duty
officer noun the officer, for
example in the police, army, etc., who is on duty at a particular time in a
particular place (警察、军队#的）金勤官，值班员
duvet /'duivei; NAmE also dui'vei/ (also .continental 'quilt,
quilt) noun (all 6r£) a large
cloth bag that is filled with feathers or other soft material and that you have
on top of you in bed to keep yourself warm 羽绒被：a duvet cover (= a cover that
you can wash, that you put over a duvet)羽绒被被套一picture o bed DVD /,di* vi: 'di:/ noun
a disk on which large
amounts of information, especially photographs and video, can be stored, for
use on a computer or DVD-player (an abbreviation for ‘digital videodisc’ or
‘digital versatile disc’）数字影碟，数字（多
功能 >i 光碟（全写为 digital
videodisc 或 digital
versatile disc ) : a DVD-ROM drive数字只读光盘存储驱动器◊ Js ft avaikiWe
on I>VD yet?这个现在有 DVD
版 了吗？
—picture
o page R5
DVT
/,di:
vi: 'ti:/ abbr. deep vein thrombosis dwaal /dwa:l/ noun [SAfr£) a confused or very
relaxed state of mind ; tEM ： I was in a complete
dwaal
我一片茫然。
dwarf
/dwo:f;
NAmE dworrf/ noun, adj., verb m noun {pi. dwarfs or dwarves /dwoivz; NAm€ dwairvz/) 1 (in stories) a
creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually described as
living and working ■ under the ground, especially working with metal (神话中有魔法的）小矮人2 (sometimes offensive) an extremely small
person, who will never grow to a normal size because of a physical problem; a
person suffering from dwarfism 矮子；侏儒
HilJlil There is no other word
that is generally considered more acceptable•没有公认的比这更易于接受
的单词。
■
0办[only before noun] (of a plant or an
animal 植物或动
物}
much smaller than the normal size 矮小的：ciwar/ com/ers矮小的针叶树
■
verb ：[VN] to make sth seem
small or unimportant compared with sth else使显得矮小.；使相形见绌： The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower W〇Cfc5.这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分
矮小。<
dwarfism /'dwoifizem;
NAmE 'dwoirf-/ noun the medical condition
of being a dwarf. People who suffer from this condition are very short and
often have short arms and legs.侏儒症
dweeb /dwi:b/
noun {slang,
especially NAmE) a
person, especially a boy or a man, who does not have good social skills and is
not fashionable (尤指男人或男孩） 不合群的人，不合时尚的人，怪人
dwell /dwel/ verb (dwelt, dwelt) or (dwelled, dwelled) [V +adv./prep.] {formal or literary) to live somewhere 栖身：ten years she dweHed
among the nomads 〇/