dirt
dirt 英 [dɜ:t] 美 [dɜrt]
n. 污垢，泥土；灰尘，
名词复数:dirts
- Dirt is earth or soil — it's the substance that makes up the dry surfaces of our planet. Gardeners spend a lot of time digging in the dirt, planting seeds and pulling up weeds.
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- n. 污垢，泥土；灰尘，
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1. His clothes were covered in dirt.
他的衣服沾满了污垢。
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2. Pack the dirt firmly round the plants.
将植物周围的土培实。
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3. He picked up a handful of dirt and threw it at them.
他抓起一把土朝他们扔过去。
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4. Do you have any dirt on the new guy?
你知道新来的那个人的丑闻吗？
- dirt (n.) 15c. metathesis of Middle English drit, drytt "mud, dirt, dung" (c. 1300), from Old Norse drit, cognate with Old English dritan "to void excrement," from Proto-Germanic *dritan (source also of Dutch drijten, Old High German trizan). Used abusively of persons from c. 1300. Meaning "gossip" first attested 1926 (in Hemingway); dirt bike is 1960s. Dirt-cheap is from 1821. Dirt road attested by 1852.
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