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Dusty Covered Call Long Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 Dʌsti] 美

英语单词 dusty
英美音标 英 ['dʌsti] 美 ['dʌsti]
中文释义 adj.满是灰尘的
英语例句 (1) Sunlight filtered in through the dusty window.
(2) The trays on the desk were filled by papers dusty with inattention.
中文例句 (1) 阳光从满是灰尘的窗子透进去。
(2) 办公桌上的公文格里堆积着满是灰尘的文件。
vocabulary简明 When you call something dusty, it's either literally covered in dust, or so old and unoriginal that it might as well be.
vocabulary扩展 You can use a feather duster to clean off dusty surfaces, but if something is a dusty color, that just means it's got a grayish tint to it, like dusty pink or dusty blue. If something has been around for a really long time and it's worn-out, stale, or unoriginal, you can also call it dusty. If you're a stand up comedian whose been working the same act for thirty years, chances are your jokes are getting a little dusty.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](通常指因为少雨而)布满灰尘的,满是尘土的 If places, roads, or other things outside are dusty, they are covered with tiny bits of earth or sand, usually because it has not rained for a long time.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • They started strolling down the dusty road in the moonlight.

    在月光下他们开始沿着满是尘土的路漫步。

  • ...a dusty old car.

    落满灰尘的老爷车

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](房子、物件等)覆有灰尘的,尘封的 If a room, house, or object is dusty, it is covered with very small pieces of dirt.
  • ...a dusty attic...

    满是灰尘的阁楼

  • The books looked faded, dusty and unused.

    那些书看上去褪了色,尘封已久。

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