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单词 dustball
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Definition of dustball in English:

dustball

nounˈdʌs(t)bɔːlˈdəstˌbôl
North American
  • A ball of dust and fluff.

    〈北美〉灰尘球,尘团

    dustballs under the bed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They will turn into a dustball for motorcyclists to scramble in and this will cause a nuisance.
    • The song (a track meant originally as a collaboration between the two artists) bounces and along like a dub filled dustball, gathering speed and size as it rolls down a steep hill.
    • In September, return visitors to an Edinburgh guesthouse said it was time to ‘rethink the three-star rating’, complaining that the linens were ‘soiled’ and the carpet was littered with ‘crumbs and dustballs’.
    • We really need to give that dustball a name soon.
    • After 29 naps and 13 rounds of Cat Chow, he's probably up for more stimulation than chasing dustballs.
    • She rolled her pencil between two fingers as if it were a useless dustball.
    • Few came to greet me when I landed on this dustball.
    • Waving away the floating dustballs the woman shoved her nose back at the shelves curiously.
    • Since I would go to Tibet if I chose, but could not transmute dustballs into gold under any circumstances, only the first course of action is in this sense a possibility for me.
    • These ruminations are chased from my mind like dustballs when the band takes the stage to the deafening approval of their awaiting minions.
    • Our planet is humid, hot, muggy, so hot that it would be a barren dustball if it wasn't almost totally covered with water, more so than Earth, which keeps the atmosphere perpetually damp.
    • Or I could wage a war of extermination against them, and their leader, a sentient giant dustball named Rupert.
    • Five years ago, he had been nothing but a boy, a farmer's son, on a dustball of a planet that had barely existed in anyone's mind.
    Synonyms
    fuzz, lint, dust

Definition of dustball in US English:

dustball

nounˈdəstˌbôl
North American
  • A ball of dust and fluff.

    〈北美〉灰尘球,尘团

    dustballs under the bed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She rolled her pencil between two fingers as if it were a useless dustball.
    • Since I would go to Tibet if I chose, but could not transmute dustballs into gold under any circumstances, only the first course of action is in this sense a possibility for me.
    • These ruminations are chased from my mind like dustballs when the band takes the stage to the deafening approval of their awaiting minions.
    • After 29 naps and 13 rounds of Cat Chow, he's probably up for more stimulation than chasing dustballs.
    • The song (a track meant originally as a collaboration between the two artists) bounces and along like a dub filled dustball, gathering speed and size as it rolls down a steep hill.
    • Waving away the floating dustballs the woman shoved her nose back at the shelves curiously.
    • They will turn into a dustball for motorcyclists to scramble in and this will cause a nuisance.
    • We really need to give that dustball a name soon.
    • Our planet is humid, hot, muggy, so hot that it would be a barren dustball if it wasn't almost totally covered with water, more so than Earth, which keeps the atmosphere perpetually damp.
    • Few came to greet me when I landed on this dustball.
    • Five years ago, he had been nothing but a boy, a farmer's son, on a dustball of a planet that had barely existed in anyone's mind.
    • Or I could wage a war of extermination against them, and their leader, a sentient giant dustball named Rupert.
    • In September, return visitors to an Edinburgh guesthouse said it was time to ‘rethink the three-star rating’, complaining that the linens were ‘soiled’ and the carpet was littered with ‘crumbs and dustballs’.
    Synonyms
    fuzz, lint, dust
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