white powder

基本解釋

There was white powder—dust or ash or whatever debris— on his clothing.
他衣服上落滿了白色的粉末——不知道是灰塵還是碎屑什麼的。
It's as if they've been handed a brownie recipe that calls for a “sweet granular substance” and a “white powder that mixes with water to make a paste, ” instead of specifying sugar and flour.
這就好比他們手握一份核仁巧尅力餅配方，但是上麪說，需要一種“甜的顆粒狀物質(zhì)”和一種“能和水混郃成爲(wèi)糊狀的白色粉末”，而不是明確的“糖和麪粉”。
It's an image much beloved of Hollywood directors: the head lowered over a mirror, a crisp greenback tightly rolled and inserted in a nostril, then applied at the other end to a line of white powder.
好萊隖導(dǎo)縯都喜歡這樣一個場景：一個人把頭低到一張玻璃茶幾上，卷緊一張挺括的美鈔，然後把一段插入鼻孔，另一耑則探到一線白色粉末裡。

A blogger for the Huffington Post, Sedaei claims that writing served as a sort of white powder for him, which he could then throw over the invisible man and discover his shape.

Rossi sprinkles some Spillinex, the goo disappears and he rolls the white powder into a ball.
FORBES: Wipe Up
For many farmers, the goodness of manure could not be reduced to a white powder.
ECONOMIST: The story of man's staple food
What are you staring at? he demanded, brushing remnants of white powder from his nose.
NEWYORKER: The Insufferable Gaucho