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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.
畚箕(店裡也常寫垃圾鏟;中國大陸較常說簸箕)
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。