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单词 to take the rust off
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to take (also rub, scour, etc.) the rust off
a. Any deteriorating or impairing effect or influence on the character, mind, or body, esp. as the result of inactivity or lack of use; (also) the condition of being impaired in this way; rustiness. Frequently in to take (also rub, scour, etc.) the rust off.
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OE tr. Vitas Patrum in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 199 Ærest ic wille beon gefremed in littlum weorce, þæt ic mæge sum rust on weg adrifan of minre tungan.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. G.iii Cornix. My reason..Is now made rusty, for lacke of exercyse. Coridon. By this dysputynge thou mayst scoure of the rust.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 3 A Man hath this advantage by the exercise of this Faculty about it, that it keeps it from Rust and torpidness.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 112. ¶1 Sunday clears away the Rust of the whole Week.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xi. 36 Rubbing off the rust and pedantry of a College Education.
1812 Examiner 9 Nov. 716/1 His voice would perhaps have been a..good one, had it not been prematurely exerted:—as it is, there is a general rust about it.
1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xi. 251 It took the rust off of him pretty slick, you may depend.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 93 Just so much work as keeps the brain from rust.
1912 Leaves of Healing 3 Aug. 280/1 Brush the cobwebs away and get the rust off, and go to work and use your brains.
1921 Harper's Mag. Apr. 554/2 He seemed to see for the first time the dust and disorder of disuse, as if it symbolized the rust in his own mind and body.
2008 Mobile Reg. (Alabama) (Nexis) 10 Nov. z6 GSHS will have a few games to work off the rust before the meat of the schedule kicks in.
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