dust
dʌstnoun, verb
A22,526th most heard wordIn 78 of 3788 videos (2%)heard 120 timeslast on Oct 28, 2026
- n. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- n. free microscopic particles of solid material
- v. remove the dust from
Across the 3,788 English YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach English, “dust” is heard 120 times in 78 videos from 42 channels, the 2,526th most heard word. Unofficial CEFR word lists put it at A2.
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- 34:15I'm gonna dust these first with confectioner sugar.我先要在这些上面撒上糖粉。5 Apple Desserts You Need to Make This Fall | America's Test Kitchen
- 2:01” Meteors are little space rocks that burn up and vaporize into dust as they hurtle through the atmosphere.流星是小块太空岩石，在高速穿过大气层时燃烧并汽化成尘埃。How Often do Asteroids Hit the Earth?: Crash Course Geology #20
- 32:13(upbeat music) My face is covered in dust now.（欢快的音乐）我脸上现在全是灰。Keith Eats Everything At Universal Halloween Horror Nights
- 11:31I think Apple's so confident that this hinge can keep dust out that even their first party case doesn't even cover it.我觉得苹果对这个铰链的防尘能力非常有信心，甚至连他们官方的保护壳都没有把它盖住。iPhone Duo Review - "Apple Knows Best"
- 5:19I will not be putting that to the test, but because it is resistant against both water and dust, that's I think a very nice thing to see.我不会去亲自测试它，但因为它既防水又防尘，我觉得这非常值得肯定。The Worst Folding iPhone They’ll Ever Make
How it's said
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- Forms you'll hear
- dustingdusted
- Often heard with
- gather dust8×dust right7×of dust6×dust of5×dust on4×
Related words
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