积灰

积累灰尘

to gather dust───收集灰尘

gather data───收集数据

gather up───收集起；蜷缩；概括

feather duster───羽毛掸帚；鸡毛帚

feather dusters───羽毛掸帚；鸡毛帚

angel dust───天使粉（一种强烈迷幻药）；普斯普剂（非正式名称）

feather cut───羽毛状切口

gathered───v.v.聚集（gather的过去分词）；集中

gatherers───n.采集者，收集器

Meanwhile, their parents'electric carving knives, electric woks, and electric casserole warmers gather dust.───与此同时, 他们父母的电切肉刀 、 电铁锅 、 电蒸锅正落满了尘土.

They gather dust and take up space. They also lose and acquire meaning over time.───它们积累了灰尘，占用了空间，也会随着时间增长而消于无形，由此获得了存在的意义。

The idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.───这样做是为了让人们不要自私，不要把书放在家里的书架上积灰尘。

Why bother keeping all these ornaments? They just gather dust.───为什么要摆设这些装饰 呢 ?它们只会积聚灰尘.

a little while, my longing shall gather dust and foam for another body.───过一会儿，我的渴望就要为另一个躯体聚集尘土与泡沫。

As the floor is apt to gather dust, we must sweep it every day.───地上有灰尘, 就要天天扫.

My briefcase was beginning to gather dust.───我的手提箱不怎么使用了.

There’s just not enough time in the day to get everything done, so your running shoes or novel or bath salts or strappy sandals just gather dust.

Millions of these books are shredded yearly or allowed to rot and gather dust in purgatorial existence.

Excitement fades to disillusionment, and so another piece of technology goes to gather dust on a storeroom shelf.

A meeting in Berlin brought unequal health research partnerships into the open — but will its framework kick-start progress or gather dust?

The biggest disadvantage to having silk flowers is that they gather dust.

Each one looked as if it was consulted too often to gather dust.

Beck had no intention of letting his report gather dust on the legislative shelves.

Its conclusions were left to gather dust with all the commission reports and suggestions accumulated over the past thirty years.