Question of the Day #1330

Baffling interstellar object 'Oumuamua could be a 'dust bunny'

From the headline of this article at Fox News.

  上記の文で、dust bunnyの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "dust bunny" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米話〉ほこり［ちり・糸くず］の塊、綿ごみ

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

an aggregate of dust

Examples

1. The robot vacuum cleaner sweeps up pizza crumbs and dust bunnies with minimal human effort.
2. Learn to love dust bunnies, and stop doing housework once in a while; you'll have a lot more time.
3. But for the most part, nothing bad will happen if a couple of dust bunnies gather in the corner. — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
4. Men walk into a room and apparently can’t see the dust bunnies gathering on the floor or the piles of laundry stacked up on the couch. — The Conversation, oregonlive.com, 7 July 2019
5. The best gifts are the ones that solve a problem: These hangers help store longer garments on shorter closet bars to keep everything tidy and dust bunny free. — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 18 Sep. 2022

   

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