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单词 mouldy
释义
mouldy
adjective
UK(USmoldy)
uk
/ˈməʊl.di/us
/ˈmoʊl.di/

mouldyadjective(HAVING MOULD)

coveredwithmould:
发霉的
mouldybread/cheese发霉的面包／奶酪
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Decaying and staying fresh
  • best-before date
  • biodegradable
  • biodegrade
  • compost
  • decay
  • decompose
  • go off
  • nonperishable
  • nutrient cycling
  • out of date
  • perish
  • perishable
  • pull date
  • rack
  • seed
  • sell-by date
  • shrivel
  • shrivelled
  • spoil
  • spoilage
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Not pleasant to eat or drink

mouldyadjective(BAD)

[before noun]UKold-fashioned,informal
of littlevalue;unpleasant:
不值钱的；令人厌烦的
All he gave me was a mouldyold50p.他只给了我区区50便士。
informal
notmodernorinteresting:
陈腐的；过时的
The city'smuseumsarefilledwith mouldyoldcollections.这个城市的博物馆里都是过时的旧藏品。
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Of little or less importance
  • be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
  • be neither here nor thereidiom
  • be no big dealidiom
  • biggie
  • derisory
  • lowly
  • meaningless
  • meaninglessly
  • meaninglessness
  • mere
  • merely
  • peripheral
  • petty
  • piffling
  • play second fiddleidiom
  • poxy
  • rinky-dink
  • secondarily
  • subordinate
  • valueless
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Not of good quality
Tedious and uninspiring
(Definition ofmouldyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmouldy

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With the emergence of bebop, swing proponents were cast in the role ofmouldyfigs.
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If linseed cake stands during the winter, it invariably goesmouldy, and the young calves cannot thrive on it.
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This time there is plenty of straw—some of it a bitmouldy, perhaps, but still it is straw.
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So it is not such amouldyturnip after all?
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Now they want to give something to the landlords, and what they have given is amouldyold turnip.
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Damp andmouldyhousing, together with high levels of pollution in urban areas, are largely responsible for the difference in incidence between social classes.
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Bread and many other products can easily gomouldy.
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If anything can be said of government policies, it is that all are blue and many aremouldy.
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I never had any association withmouldybeef.
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Whether turnip or carrot, if it ismouldyit is nasty.
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Who would be a ward sister with only thosemouldy"financial carrots" dangling in front of her?
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The bread is still just edible after 24 hours, but it will have gonemouldyafter seven days.
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They also have shown memouldyclothes, furnishing and rotted carpets, due to the damp- ness in which they live.
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There are no grounds for suggesting that the mutton now in store will gomouldyor that mutton is being withheld from the public.
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They see whether food is fresh, and if it ismouldy, for example, they take action.
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