0 a loose, dry substance that consists of extremely small pieces, usually made by breaking something up and crushing it -- 粉，粉末
talcum powder 滑石粉
A packet of white powder was found and police scientists are analysing it. 發現了一包白色粉末，刑偵專家正在對其進行分析。
You'll get more flavour from the spices if you grind them into a powder. 你把香料磨成粉的話味道會更香濃。
UK Why are there so many adverts for washing powders on TV? 為甚麼電視裡有這麼多洗衣粉的廣告？
face powder 擦臉香粉
1 to put powder on someone's skin -- 往…上擦粉
(non-)biological washing powder
Scatter the powder around the plants.
The dried plant parts were milled to a fine powder using an electric blender.
Snow characteristics were recorded for each sampling day, by classifying the snow as powder, wet, hard-packed, snow crust, or ice.
Explosives are now used in such diverse fields as welding, bulk cladding of plates, forming, sizing, powder compaction, hardening, and cutting.
