'dust
devil noun a small column of
dust over land, caused by the wind
dust
er /'dASta(r)/
noun 1 a cloth for
removing dust from furniture j^7 2 (old-fashioned, NAmE)
a piece of clothing that you wear over your other
clothes when you are cleaning the house, etc. ( 4T43?# ?n04$&4 ) 3 (NAmE) a long coat that was
worn
by cowboys (
'dust
jacket (also
dust cover)
noun a paper cover on a
book that protects it but that can be removed ff* ff;
mi
dust-man
/'dAstman/ noun (pi -men /-man/) (also informal bin-man, formal 'refuse collector) (all BrE) (NAmE ’garbage man) a person whose job is
to remove waste from outside houses, etc. fill o note at
RUBBISH
'dust
mite (also
'house dust
mite) noun a very small creature
that lives in houses and can cause allergies
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dust-pan
/'dAstpasn/
noun a small flat container
with a handle into which dust is brushed from the floor M.M — picture
o brush
'dust
sheet (BrE) (NAmE 'drop cloth) noun a large sheet that is
used to protect floors, furniture, etc. from dust or paint (
'dust
storm noun a storm that carries
clouds of dust in the wind over a wide area AH
'dust-up
noun (BrE,
informal) an argument or fight Rf
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dusty
/'dAsti/
adj. (dust-ier,
dusti-est) 1 full of dust; covered with dust ^ 64; ^
H M 64: a dusty
road 0 piles of
dusty books
^647
o note at dirty 2 (of a
colour M&) not bright;
dull
±^fe64; ^H#64; dusty pink ±jk$i
Stffe
Dutch
/dAtSI adj. of or connected with
the
IETTC1 go Dutch (with sb) to share the cost of
sth with sb
( ) mmm, y-nm
.Dutch
'auction noun a sale in which the
price of an item is reduced until sb offers to buy it ( 4E
.Dutch
'barn noun (BrE) a farm building
without walls that has a roof supported on poles, and is used for storing hay (= dried grass), etc. ( ) 7^41
.Dutch
'courage noun [u] (BrE, informal) the false courage or
confidence that a person gets from drinking alcohol
.Dutch
'door noun (NAmE) = stable door
.Dutch
'elm disease noun [u] a disease that kills elm trees
duti
ful /'djuitifl;
NAmE 'du:-/ adj. doing everything that
you are expected to do; willing to obey and to show respect IR&4; M/A64;
|jl^&4 HT1 obedient: a dutiful
daughter/son/wife mmicJL / JL7; MS&4* 7 ► duti ful ly /-fali/ adv.
duty On /'djuiti; NAmE 'duiti/ noun (pi. -ies)
1
[C, U] something that you feel you have to do because it is your moral or
legal responsibility 4s
ft: It is my duty to report it to the police. jG&S If A 64 M {£
<, O Local councillors have a duty to serve the community. 0
I don’t want you to visit me simply out of a sense
of duty.
0
your duties as a
parent ff fj # 64 M ft 0 to do your
duty for your country 2
[U] the work that is your job ±
3fi;
{t$E: Report for duty at
administrative duties.
04 Ib] o 0 Your duties will
include setting up a new computer system.
i7&44RM#&jgte-~7§r64it^4jl^ o — 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 ; (ft ts
iS P M cm ) : customs/excise/import
duties ^
Mnffi 0 duty on wine and beer
M
— see also death duty, stamp duty o
note at tax ITSTW1 on/off duty (of nurses, police
officers, etc.
±,
Wf?#) working/not working at a particular time
ft
( ^cT ) itt; ft ( j£7{t ) Wi: Who’s on duty today? 4* AitilSi? 0 What
time do you go off duty? jifcff / 04 i^ T ? — see also off-duty — more at bounden, line n.
.duty-'bound
adj. [not before noun] (formal) having to do sth
because it is your duty : I felt
duty-bound to help him.
.duty-'free
adj. (of goods ff/m) that
you can bring into a country without paying tax on them A4&&4: dutyfree
cigarettes ii ► ,duty-'free
adv. .duty-free
noun
(BrE, informal) : We bought a load of duty-frees (= duty-free goods) at
the airport. 7c in A 47 £^ 7
.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
)
'duty
officer noun the officer, for
example in the police, army, etc., who is on duty at a particular time in a
particular place ( ^PA4&4 ) {til's', {tSM
duvet
/'du:vei;
NAmE also dui'vei/ (also .continental 'quilt,
quilt) noun (all BrE) 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 M : a duvet cover (= a cover that you can
wash, that you put over a duvet) —
picture o bed
DVD o-w /,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’) W/lr (%
digital
videodisc Bp digital versatile disc ) : a DVD-ROM drive 0
Is it available on DVD yet? DVD
—
picture o page R5
DVT
/.di:
vi: 'ti:/ abbr. deep vein thrombosis dwaal /dwa:l/ noun (SAfrE) a confused or very
relaxed state of mind MM; 7 #7 I was in a
complete dwaal.
dwarf
/dwo:f;
NAmE dwo:rf/ noun, adj., verb mnoun (pi. dwarfs or dwarves /dwo:vz; NAmE dwo:rvz/) 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
( # M-'&A 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 7 ; fA M dliiii There is no other word
that is generally considered more acceptable. fcfc&MU'FScfS
64^-iSIo
■
adj. [only before
noun] (of
a plant or an animal W) much smaller than the normal size : dwarf
conifers @7 64 ft flf $4
mverb [VN] to make sth seem small or
unimportant compared with sth else /Jv; {£ fg s& JE Mi:
The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower
blocks.
dwarf-ism
/'dwodizam;
NAmE 'dwo:rf-/ noun the medical condition
of being a dwarf. People who suffer from this condition are very short and
often have short arms and legs.
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 ( XltH )
dwell
/dwel/
verb (dwelt, dwelt) or (dwelled, dwelled) [V +adv./prep] (formal or literary) to live somewhere j® ft:
For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of
l-JIlilVi ■ cjwe||
on/upon sth 1 to think or talk a lot about sth,
especially sth it would be better to forget