记忆方法
将“fusty”与“frosty”发音相近且意义相似的词联系起来，想象一个陈旧且有点潮湿的地方，比如一个老仓库，里面充满了霉味，空气寒冷且不流通，这样可以帮助记忆“fusty”表示“陈旧的”或“过时的”含义。
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词族 · fusty
词形变化
中文词源
fusty 霉臭的，守旧的
来自古法语fuste, 瓶塞，酒塞，来自拉丁语fustis, 短棍，木棍，其原义为瓶塞味的。后来引申词义霉臭的，守旧的。比较corked.
英语词源
- fusty
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fusty: see beat
- fusty (adj.)
- "stale-smelling," late 14c., from French fusté "fusty, tasting of the cask," from Old French fuste, fuist "wine cask," originally "stick, stave, wood" (Modern French fût), from Latin fustis "staff, stick of wood" (see fustigate). Related: Fustiness. Fustilugs was 17c. slang for "a woman of gross or corpulent habit" [OED], later generally in dialect for a big-boned person.
权威例句
- 1. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
- 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。
- 2. a dark fusty room
- 阴暗霉湿的房间
- 3. This blanket smells a bit fusty.
- 这毯子有点儿发霉的味儿.
- 4. Under Mr Blair, fusty old Britain has become an international exemplar of openness.
- 在布莱尔的领导下, 曾经老迈保守的大不列颠摇身一变成了国际间开放的榜样.