dusty

B1 CET-4 高中 FREQ #7867 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 灰尘多的, 无聊的, 含糊的, 粉末状的

发音

US /ˈdʌsti/

词形变化

dusties 复数 dusties dustier 比较级 dustier dustiest dustiest 最高级

别名

dustie

教材释义与例句

形容词

落满灰尘的

covered with dust

Adrian cycled along the dusty road.

阿德里安沿着满是尘土的路骑自行车。

Everything's really dusty.

所有东西都布满灰尘。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A medium-brown color.

  2. 2.

    An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.

  3. 3.

    A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).

    非正式
  4. 4.

    A supply petty officer.

    俚语 政治 军事
  5. 5.

    A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.

  6. 6.

    An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.

  7. 7.

    A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.

  8. 8.

    A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.

  9. 9.

    A dustman.

  10. 10.

    A duststorm.

    罕用
  11. 11.

    A clump of dust; a dust bunny.

adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Covered with dust.

    尘封

    a dusty carpet

  2. 2.

    Powdery and resembling dust.

  3. 3.

    Grey or greyish.

    a dusty peach color

  4. 4.

    Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.

    比喻
  5. 5.

    Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).

    俚语 非裔美国英语
  6. 6.

    Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.

    俚语

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词源

From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).

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