1. 1畚箕(店裡也常寫垃圾鏟;中國大陸較常說簸箕)

    A dustpan is a flat, open tray with a short handle. You set it on the floor and sweep dust, , and tiny bits of rubbish into it with a brush. People almost always keep the two together and call the pair a dustpan and brush; you buy them as a set, and you would sound a little odd talking about a dustpan with no brush in mind. It is a home-and-cleaning word, not a formal one. The “pan” is not a cooking pan, though it is the same old idea of a wide, shallow container. After you have gathered the dirt, it goes into the bin — the dustpan is only the collector, not the place rubbish lives.

core核心畫面

組成dust + pan: dust is the fine dirt; pan here is a shallow open tray.

同家族的字

  • dustthe dirt you sweep up
  • panthe shallow container
  • dustbinshares dust; that is the bin the sweepings go into next

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

dustpannoun/ˈdʌstpæn/

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    A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.

    • When she got downstairs, she would find the house tidy, but dirty. She could not rest until she had thoroughly cleaned; so she went down to the ash-pit with her dustpan.

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