dust off

短语

温习,复习

发音

AU

词形变化

dusted off dusting off dusts off 三单 dusts off dusting off 现在分词 dusted off 过去式 dusted off 过去分词

别名

dust down

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To jilt or desert (a person).

    俚语 及物

    Red Sox by the Numbers A “dice girl in a roadside tavern,” she said she shot McNaughton because “he tried to dust me off.”

  2. 2.

    To remove dust from.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To use something after a long time without it.

    比喻 及物

    I think it's time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that I'm retired.