dust
要点ちり、ちりを払う
意味
- ちり,ほこり
- 《a ~》土煙,砂ぼこり
- 粉末,粉
- 《the ~》《文》遺骨,なきがら
- (死後の)土
- 屈辱,恥
- つまらぬもの
- …のちりを払う,ごみをふき取る《+名+off(down),+off(down)+名》;(…から)…を払う《+名+from+名》
- (粉などを)…に振り掛ける《+名+with+名》
- (家具などの)ほこりを払う
例文
A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.
１年が過ぎ、彼の死体は塵と化した。
Dust had accumulated on my desk during my absence.
私の不在中に埃が机の上に積もっていた。
She shook the rug to get the dust out of it.
彼女はゴミを払い落とすために敷物を振った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Scots dust, dist (“dust”), Dutch duist (“pollen, dust”) and dons (“down, fuzz”), German Dust (“dust”) and Dunst (“haze”), Swedish dust (“dust”), Icelandic dust (“dust”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”). Also related to Swedish dun (“down, fluff”), Icelandic dúnn (“down, fluff”). See down.