dousting

词形变化

doustings 复数 doustings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A beating, a dusting.

    可数 废旧 不可数

    Bottrell, William (1880), Stories and Folklore of West Cornwall: “"For they'll get a mayn dousting when ever they coam."”

  2. 2.

    A process for separating the dust from ore.

    可数 废旧 不可数 商务 采矿

    Lock, Charles George Warnford (1895), Economic mining: a practical handbook for the miner, the metallurgist and the merchant: “Dry winnowing or "dousting" is useful where the ore is more friable than the ganguo, eg the chalcopyrite and erubescite at the Capo copper-mines, Namaqualand.”

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of doust