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

• 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。
• Looking at the car, I could see that the underneath was rusty.
  我看了看轿车，发现下面已经生锈了。
• I'm a bit rusty on Greek history.
  我对希腊历史有点生疏了。
• My niece's knife rusty, because it is new.
  我侄女的小刀生锈了，虽然它是新的。
• Her hair was rusty brown.
  她的头发是深褐色的。
• If the machinery were not maintained properly, It would get rusty as time passes.
  机器要不好好养护，久而久之就要生锈。
• The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.
  门上的锁锈住了。
• 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。
• 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。
• And a rusty piece caught his ear, and ripped that awful cut.
  然后一片生锈了的挂住了他的耳朵，撕破它成了这么遭的伤口。