| 单词 | moldy |
| 释义 | moldy (once / 15192 pages) adj Things that have gotten damp and started to smell musty can be described as moldy. You can also use this word for things that are actually growing a fungus on them, like your bag of moldy bread. Mold is a particular type of fungus, often greenish or gray in color. Things become moldy from being stored in dark, damp places or in the case of some food, from not being refrigerated. If you wait months to clean out your locker and throw away your old lunch bags, you might find mold growing on bread crusts, yogurt, or containers of leftover ravioli. Ditch those moldy remnants! WORD FAMILYmoldy: moldier, moldiest, moldiness+/mold: moldable, molded, molding, molds, moldy, remold/molding: moldings/remold: remolded, remolding, remolds USAGE EXAMPLESThey look like a cup of moldy socks. Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) Other recalled consumer products this week include potentially moldy gift boxes and defective windows. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) Some complaints — noisy neighborhood, moldy shower — would bother me more than issues like an apartment not being ready precisely at the agreed-upon time. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) adj covered with or smelling of mold moldy bread a moldy (or musty) odor Syn mouldy, musty stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age |
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