rusty
英 ['rʌstɪ]
美 ['rʌsti]
- adj. 生鏽的，腐蝕的；鐵鏽色的，鏽色的；遲鈍的
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. We spent years travelling around in a rusty old van.
- 我們多年來都開著一輛生鏽的舊貨車四處旅行。
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- 2. A thin curl of smoke rose from a rusty stove.
- 生鏽的爐子裏冒出一縷青煙。
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- 3. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel.
- 他們在一隻生鏽的油桶裏燒木柴來保暖。
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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隻蒼蠅。
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- 5. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.
- 拉斯蒂點點頭，好像聽懂了那位老婦人的話似的。
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