| 单词 | rusty |
| 释义 | rusty (once / 836 pages) adj If your German is rusty, it's like the bike you left out in the rain too many times that turned brown and flakey on the metal parts. Like your bike, your German skills became rusty, meaning they're suffering from neglect. You can also describe yourself as rusty: you used to do flips on your skateboard, but you haven't practiced in a while and now you're a little rusty. Rusty can also refer to the color of rust, which is a reddish-brown — a rusty-colored dog, for instance. Anything made of iron or steel that you leave outside in the elements is likely to oxidize and become rusty, covered with rust. WORD FAMILYrusty: rustier, rustiest, rustily, rustiness+/rust: rust-colored, rusted, ruster, rusting, rustless, rustly, rusts, rusty USAGE EXAMPLESDak Prescott isn't a wheelbarrow full of rusty plumbing supplies. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The early signs were far from positive for the defending champion, who looked very rusty as world No63 won the opening four games. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The next year, they encouraged friends Rusty Wilson and Denise Simone to relocate their theater company to Idaho to perform on the Liberty’s thrust stage. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj covered with or consisting of rust a rusty machine rusty deposits Syn rusted having accumulated rust 2adj of the brown color of rust Syn rust, rust-brown chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 3adj impaired in skill by neglect Syn out of practice unskilled not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency 4adj ancient Syn hoary old of long duration; not new |
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