| 释义 |
pow·der /ˈpaʊdə(r)/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. 粉；粉末
ice cream powder 冰淇淋粉
Their bones turn to powder. 它们的骨头变成了粉末。
2. 化妆用粉
bath powder (浴后搽的)爽身粉
She put on some lipstick and dusted her face with powder. 她涂了些口红，又往脸上擦了些粉。
3. 【医】药粉，粉剂，散剂；一剂药粉
headache powder 止头痛药粉
digestive powder 助消化药粉
The doctor gave me some powders to take. 医生给了我几包药粉服用。
4. = powder snow
5. 火药；炸药
6. 推动力；爆炸力
The postponement added powder to the issue. 延期使这个问题更激化了。
7. 〈美俚〉喝烈性酒
knock over a powder with sb. 与某人喝上一盅
8. 〈美俚〉逃跑
He murdered a constable during the powder. 他在逃跑时杀死了一名警察。
9. 〈废〉〈英方〉猛冲
II ❶ vt.
1. 使成粉末
2. 撒粉状物于；以粉状物覆盖 (with)
She powdered the cookies with confectioners' sugar. 她往小饼上撒糖霜。
A snow fell, heavily powdering the trees with a blanket of white. 下了一场雪，给树木披上了厚厚的银装。
3. 往…上搽粉
She powdered the baby after its bath. 她给婴儿洗澡后搽上粉。
She lightly powdered her face. 她往脸上稍稍抹了些粉。
4. 以点状物装饰；点缀
a dress lightly powdered with sequins 稀匀地缀着闪亮的金属小圆片的连衣裙
Englishmen in the sixteenth-century were prone to powder their talk with French and Latin words. 16世纪的英国人说话时常爱夹一些法语和拉丁词。
5. 〈美俚〉【棒】重击(投出的球等)
❷ vi.
1. 变成粉末
Two skeletons powdered upon exposure. 两具尸骨一出土即化为粉末。
2. 搽粉
This girl is not old enough to paint and powder. 这女孩还没有到涂脂抹粉的年纪。
3. 〈美俚〉逃跑，匆匆离去
powder out of town 逃出城
4. 〈英口〉赶紧；〈英方〉猛冲
[< OFr poldre < L pulvis dust] phr. foolish powder 〈美俚〉海洛因 keep one's powder dry 作好行动准备，时刻准备着 not worth (the) powder and shot 不值得花费弹药的；不值得为之努力的 Going all the way to town to look for him is just not worth the powder and shot. 打老远进城去找他未免太不值得了。 powder one's nose 见 nose
smell of powder 战斗经历
I know the smell of powder. 我上过硝烟弥漫的战场。
take a (runout) powder 〈美口〉匆忙离去；逃跑；消失
All the gang had taken a powder when cops arrived. 警察赶到时，那一帮人都已逃之夭夭。 |