rust

来自古英语 rust,锈，锈蚀，来自 PIE*reudh,红色的，来自 PIE*reudh,红色的，词源同 red,russet.

rust

rust: [OE] Etymologically, rust means ‘reddened’. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *reudh- ‘red’ (source also of English red). This produced a prehistoric Germanic noun which has evolved into German and Swedish rost, Dutch roest, and English and Danish rust.
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rust (v.)

early 13c., from rust (n.). Transitive sense "cause to rust" is from 1590s. Related: Rusted; rusting.

rust (n.)

"red oxide of iron," Old English rust "rust; moral canker," related to rudu "redness," from Proto-Germanic *rusta- (cognates: Frisian rust, Old High German and German rost, Middle Dutch ro(e)st), from PIE *reudh-s-to- (cognates: Lithuanian rustas "brownish," rudeti "to rust;" Latin robigo, Old Church Slavonic ruzda "rust"), from root *reudh- "red" (see red (adj.1)).

As a plant disease, attested from mid-14c. Rust Belt "decayed urban industrial areas of mid-central U.S." (1984) was popularized, if not coined, by Walter Mondale's presidential campaign.

1. Rust and flaking paint mean the metalwork is in poor condition.

生锈和掉漆说明金属配件损毁严重。

2. Ray painted below the waterline with a special anti-rust paint.

雷用专门的防锈涂料涂船的吃水线以下的部位。

3. pipes covered with rust

生了锈的管子

4. It is better to wear out than rust out.

与其懒死,不如累死.

5. As rust is to iron, so is laziness to man.

懒惰对于人好比铁生了锈.