| 单词 | musty |
| 释义 | musty (once / 2709 pages) adj Musty is an unclean, stale and possibly moldy smell. If something smells musty that means it’s probably been sitting in a damp corner without any air for a little too long. Musty smells take time to develop: they’re caused by dampness and mold, and signal some amount of decay. You might also call the smell of a musty old basement rank or foul. But people also use musty to insult someone’s writing, or their ideas. A musty speech wouldn’t just be old-fashioned, it would be old in a bad way: rotten and boring. WORD FAMILYmusty: mustier, mustiest, mustily, mustiness+/must: musts, musty USAGE EXAMPLESFar from being musty, the book spills over with astonishing moments. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) The wellness centre stocks plentiful detox books locked in a cabinet that smells musty. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) “Office Christmas Party” is basically a musty old gift wrapped in shiny new paper. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) 1adj covered with or smelling of mold Syn moldy, mouldy stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age 2adj stale and unclean smelling Syn frowsty, fusty ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling having an unpleasant smell |
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