musty
musty 英 [ˈmʌsti] 美 [ˈmʌsti]
adj. 发霉的；落伍的；冷淡的
比较级:mustier 最高级:mustiest
- Use the word musty to describe an unclean, stale and possibly moldy smell. If something smells musty that means it’s probably been sitting in a damp corner without any air for a little too long.
- 请先登录
- adj. 发霉的；落伍的；冷淡的
-
1. The objective was to bring ancient musty texts out of inaccessible libraries and reproduce them in modern volumes for all to see and study.
它的目的就是把古老发霉的文献带出不可接近的图书馆，然后复制出现代的版本，供大家阅读和学习。
-
2. For the most part, downtown Dar was built long ago, and its low-slung concrete buildings, long exposed to the moisture of the tropics, have taken on a musty shade of gray.
达累斯萨拉姆市中心的大部分建筑年事已久，低矮的混凝土建筑物长期暴露在热带的湿气中，呈现出灰暗的发霉阴影。
-
3. A bookish bunch, the office members work in an ivy-covered building out of three rooms lined with books and musty card-catalog drawers.
译名室的工作人员是一群好学之士，他们的3间办公室在一座绿藤围绕的建筑物里，屋里面摆放着书籍和发霉的卡片抽屉。
- musty (adj.) 1520s, perhaps a variant of moisty "moist, damp" (see moist). Related: Mustiness.
- 请先登录
0 个回复