单词 | mildew |
释义 | mildew (once / 5282 pages) nv WORD FAMILY mildew: mildewed, mildewing, mildews USAGE EXAMPLESThe vineyards are sprayed for mold, mildew, and this year, a Japanese beetle infestation. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) It’s 1963 or, as Ms. Collins declares, “the year of racial, religious, and ethnic mildew.” New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) Now, besides replacing the diffuser, we need to have the tube cleaned because it has dark streaks of mold or mildew. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) 1n a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter Hypo|Hyper powdery mildew any of various fungi of the genus Erysiphe producing powdery conidia on the host surface downy mildew, false mildewany of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons Peronospora tabacina, blue mold fungusfungus causing a serious disease in tobacco plants characterized by bluish-grey mildew on undersides of leaves Peronospora destructor, onion mildewfungus causing a downy mildew on onions Peronospora hyoscyami, tobacco mildewfungus causing a downy mildew on growing tobacco fungus an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia 2n the process of becoming mildewed Syn|Hyper mold, mould spoilage, spoiling the process of becoming spoiled 3v become moldy; spoil due to humidity Syn|Hypo|Hyper mold smut become affected with smut dry-rotaffect or be affected with dry rot change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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