dusting

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

colloquial

Japanese Meaning

軽い雪の降り方 / 何かに薄く何かが付着する状態 / 家具の埃を払う家事としての行為 / 俗語での殴打

By morning, a dusting covered the park benches and turned the paths into pale lines.

朝になると、うっすらとした雪が公園のベンチを覆い、通路を淡い線にしていた。

Sense（1）

A light snowfall.

The rooves are covered with a dusting of snow.

Sense（2）

A light covering of something.

Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.

Sense（3）

The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.

Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting.

Sense（4）

(colloquial) A beating.

Sense（5）

A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dust-bathing.

dustings

（ plural ）