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单词 rusty
释义
rusty
adjective
uk
/ˈrʌs.ti/us
/ˈrʌs.ti/

rustyadjective(METAL)

B2
coveredwithrust(=metaldecay):
生锈的
a rustycar/nail生锈的汽车／钉子
More examples
  • Myoldbicyclewas so rusty that thegearshadfrozen.
  • Thedoorsqueakedas itswungback andforthonitsrustyhinges.
  • There was apileof rustyoldcansby thedoor.
  • Ipushedback the rustyoldgateandstaggeredinto thegarden.
  • Thetrackremainsinpositionbut rusty withdisuse.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physics: the state of matter
  • absorbency
  • absorption
  • acidic
  • allotropic
  • compressible
  • concentration
  • e-liquid
  • fluid
  • impermeable
  • metallic
  • neutral
  • permeable
  • pressurized
  • runny
  • slurry
  • sulphurous
  • superabsorbent
  • superwave
  • unabsorbent
  • unset
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rustyadjective(NEEDING PRACTICE)

B2
If askillyou had is rusty, it is not as good as it was because you have notpractisedit:
（技术）荒疏的，荒废的，生疏的
MyItalianis abitrusty thesedays.我的意大利语现在有点荒疏了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Forgetting and forgetfulness
  • absent-minded
  • absent-mindedly
  • absent-mindedness
  • amnesia
  • amnesiac
  • anterograde
  • blur
  • bury
  • erase
  • fall/slip through the cracksidiom
  • featherbrained
  • forget
  • forget itidiom
  • forgetful
  • oblivion
  • putsomethingbehindyouidiom
  • radar
  • remove
  • retrograde
  • retrograde amnesia
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(Definition ofrustyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rusty| American Dictionary

rusty
adjective
us
/ˈrʌs·ti/
(esp. of aperson) not as good atknowingor doing something as youoncewere, because you have notpracticedit in alongtime:
We’re a little rusty after having thesummeroff.
(of thesurfaceof something made ofironorsteel)coveredwith a red-brownsubstancethatformedas aresultofdecaycausedbyreactingwithairandwater:
People wouldtosstheirsodacansinto rustyoldbarrels.
(Definition ofrustyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrusty

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In the preoccupations of war their studies have been forgotten, and their capacity to study grownrusty.
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All the rivets and nails were unused, but they wererustyand mixed in sizes.
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You are allowing the machinery of those yards to gorusty, and you are letting the men gorustytoo.
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However, my constitutional law may be a littlerusty.
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Recycled plastics and especially polyethylenes, the organic chemistry of which is beyond my ratherrustychemical knowledge, are an enormous problem.
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At that time the local council were having a little trouble with their jetty which was gettingrustyand so on.
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If men are not trained, they becomerusty, as does the kit.
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I may be a littlerustyon these figures.
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He is sorustythat his machine has run down.
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After the tenants had got in, it was discovered that red,rustywater was coming into the house.
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However, other small firms will not be able to use the facilities that are lying, idle and goingrusty.
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They are all there: they are just goingrusty; they need to be used.
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One need only look at therustyinvestments of the steel industry in the 1970s to have that point underlined.
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The vehicle was carrying 8,000 fuse heads, 16 times the number that it should have held, in arustytin.
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Then, when they have just becomerustyin the knowledge which they had previously learned they are returned to specialise in some other subject.
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