rusty

英 [ˈrʌsti]

美 [ˈrʌsti]

adj.  生锈的; 荒疏; 荒废; 退步

最高级：rustiest　比较级：rustier　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 生锈的
  covered with rust
  1. rusty metal
     生锈的金属
  2. a rusty old car
     生了锈的旧汽车
• 荒疏；荒废；退步
  not as good as it used to be, because you have not been practising
  1. My tennis is very rusty these days.
     最近我的网球荒疏了。
  2. I haven't played the piano for ages─I may be a little rusty.
     我很久没有弹钢琴，可能会有点生疏。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 生锈的
  Arustymetal object such as a car or a machine is covered with rust, which is a brown substance that forms on iron or steel when it comes into contact with water.
  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。
  2. ...a rusty iron gate.
     生锈的铁门
• ADJ-GRADED (技术、知识等)荒废的，生疏的
  If a skill that you have or your knowledge of something isrusty, it is not as good as it used to be, because you have not used it for a long time.
  1. ...skills which have gone rusty since the previous winter...
     从去年冬天开始就荒废了的技术
  2. You may be a little rusty, but past experience and teaching skills won't have been lost.
     你可能有一点生疏，但是过去的经验和教学技巧是不会丢的。
• ADJ 铁锈色的;赭色的;深褐色的
  Rustyis sometimes used to describe things that are reddish-brown in colour.
  1. Her hair was rusty brown.
     她的头发是深褐色的。

英英释义

adj

• of the brown color of rust
  Synonym:rustrust-brown
• ancient
  1. hoary jokes
  Synonym:hoary
• covered with or consisting of rust
  1. a rusty machine
  2. rusty deposits
• impaired in skill by neglect
  Synonym:out of practice(p)

双语例句

• 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。
• It's really foolish of you to buy such a rusty sword.
  你真傻，买了一把生锈的剑。
• My English has got rusty; I must brush it up.
  我的英语荒疏了，我得重新温习一下。
• His joints were like rusty hinges.
  他的关节都象生了锈的铰链。
• I found an old rusty wood-saw without any handle;
  我找到了一把生满了锈的旧锯子，连把子也没有。
• Ginny tried to sharpen up some rusty typing skills.
  金尼试图重拾生疏了的打字技术。
• Drill pipes get rusty in air almost as fast as they do in water.
  钻杆在空气中生锈的速度和在水中几乎一样快。
• The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.
  门上的锁锈住了。
• 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。
• I haven't used my French for years and it's getting rusty.
  几年不用，我的法语又回生了。