fusty
英 ['fʌstɪ]
- adj. 发霉的；守旧的，老式的
词态变化
比较级: fustier;最高级: fustiest;
中文词源
fusty 霉臭的，守旧的
来自古法语fuste, 瓶塞，酒塞，来自拉丁语fustis, 短棍，木棍，其原义为瓶塞味的。后来引申词义霉臭的，守旧的。比较corked.
英英释意
- 1. stale and unclean smelling
- 2. old-fashioned and out of date
英文词源
- fusty
- fusty: see beat
- fusty (adj.)
- "stale-smelling," late 14c., from French fusté "fusty, tasting of the cask," from Old French fuste, fuist "wine cask," originally "stick, stave, wood" (Modern French fût), from Latin fustis "staff, stick of wood" (see fustigate). Related: Fustiness. Fustilugs was 17c. slang for "a woman of gross or corpulent habit" [OED], later generally in dialect for a big-boned person.
实用场景例句
- a dark fusty room
- 阴暗霉湿的房间
牛津词典
- fusty ideas
- 守旧的思想
牛津词典
- a fusty old professor
- 古板的老教授
牛津词典
- The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
- 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...fusty old carpets.
- 发霉味的旧地毯
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This blanket smells a bit fusty.
- 这毯子有点儿发霉的味儿.
期刊摘选
- Under Mr Blair, fusty old Britain has become an international exemplar of openness.
- 在布莱尔的领导下, 曾经老迈保守的大不列颠摇身一变成了国际间开放的榜样.
期刊摘选
- a dark fusty room
- 阴暗霉湿的房间
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
- 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。
柯林斯例句