rusty
英 ['rʌstɪ]
美['rʌsti]
- adj. 生锈的，腐蚀的；铁锈色的，锈色的；迟钝的
词态变化
比较级: rustier;最高级: rustiest;名词: rustiness;
英文词源
- rusty (adj.)
- Old English rustig; see rust (n.) + -y (2). Cognate with Frisian roastich, Middle Dutch roestich, Dutch roestig, Old High German rostag, German rostig. "In the 16th and 17th centuries frequently used as a term of general disparagement" [OED]. Of bodily skills, "impaired by neglect," from c. 1500; of mental qualities, accomplishments, etc., first attested 1796.
双语例句
- 1. We spent years travelling around in a rusty old van.
- 我们多年来都开着一辆生锈的旧货车四处旅行。
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- 2. A thin curl of smoke rose from a rusty stove.
- 生锈的炉子里冒出一缕青烟。
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- 3. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel.
- 他们在一只生锈的油桶里烧木柴来保暖。
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- 4. She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly.
- 她打拉斯蒂就像在打一只苍蝇。
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- 5. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.
- 拉斯蒂点点头，好像听懂了那位老妇人的话似的。
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