white powder

基本解释

There was white powder—dust or ash or whatever debris— on his clothing.
他衣服上落满了白色的粉末——不知道是灰尘还是碎屑什么的。
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.
这就好比他们手握一份核仁巧克力饼配方，但是上面说，需要一种“甜的颗粒状物质”和一种“能和水混合成为糊状的白色粉末”，而不是明确的“糖和面粉”。
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.
好莱坞导演都喜欢这样一个场景：一个人把头低到一张玻璃茶几上，卷紧一张挺括的美钞，然后把一段插入鼻孔，另一端则探到一线白色粉末里。

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