dust

/dʌst/

意味: ほこり、ちり

例文: June sneezed from glitter dust.
　　  ジューンがラメのほこりでくしゃみ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: dust storm(砂嵐), dust off(ほこりを払う), dust particle(ほこりの粒子)

定義: ほこりやちりのこと。空気中に浮かんでいる小さな粒子で、家具や床にたまることが多い。掃除の際に取り除く必要がある。

dustは約40,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
Noun: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Noun: free microscopic particles of solid material
Verb: remove the dust from
Verb: rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
Verb: cover with a light dusting of a substance
Verb: distribute loosely

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The old bookshelf was covered in a thick layer of dust.(古い本棚は厚い埃に覆われていた。)
I can’t believe how much dust has accumulated since last week!(先週からどれだけの埃がたまったのか信じられない！)
The dust settled quietly, concealing the memories of years gone by.(埃は静かに舞い落ち、過ぎ去った年月の思い出を隠していた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the furniture was covered with dust
Noun: astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust
Verb: dust the cabinets
Verb: The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image
Verb: dust the bread with flour
Verb: He scattered gun powder under the wagon

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): debris, detritus, disperse, dot, dust, junk, rubble, scatter, sprinkle

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): clean, cover, discharge, material, particulate, rubbish, smear

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abrasive, adhesive material, aggregate, aluminize, ammunition, animal material, atom, ballast, bank, bark, bedaub, bedding material, bimetal, bind, blacklead, blanket, blindfold, blinker, board up, bread, bream, brush, builder, butter, canopy, canvas, carpet, chemical, clapboard, cloak, coat, coif, coloring material, composite material, concrete, conductor, contaminant, cowl, crape, crown, daub, debris, detritus, diamagnet, discharge, disinfect, drape, dry clean, dust, earth, elastomer, envelop, face, feather, felt, fiber, filling, flake, flash, floccule, fluff, foam, foil, frost, grass, gravel, grease, hazmat, hold, homogenate, hood, humate, impregnation, insulator, jacket, lag, laminate, lime, line, litter, mask, mineral, mound over, mulch, oil, packing material, paint, pall, paper, parcel, particulate, paste, pipe-clay, plank, plant material, plaster, play, precursor, preen, put on, radioactive material, raw material, recover, resmudge, rind, rock, roof, sanitize, scatter, scavenge, scrap metal, sealing material, sheathe, sheet, smother, sod, sorbate, sorbent, spray, spread, spritz, squirt, steam, steel, straw, sweep, thickening, tile, toner, transparent substance, turf, undercut, vacuum, veneer, vernix, volley, wad, wallpaper, wash, wash up, waste, wax, whiteout, wrap

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): aerosolize, bespangle, chalk dust, fallout, interplanetary dust, slack, spatter, spray, sprinkle

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: dispersive, dust, duster, dusty, junk, scatter, sprinkling

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative