词汇 | mouldy |
释义 | mouldy adjective UK(USmoldy)uk /ˈməʊl.di/ us /ˈmoʊl.di/ mouldyadjective (HAVING MOULD)covered with mould: 发霉的 mouldy bread/cheese发霉的面包/奶酪 Decaying and staying fresh best-before date biodegradable biodegrade compost decay decompose moulder nonperishable nutrient cycling out of date perish perishable rack seed sell-by date shrivel shrivelled soft rot spoil withered You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not pleasant to eat or drink mouldyadjective (BAD)[ before noun ]UKold-fashioned, informal of little value; unpleasant: 不值钱的;令人厌烦的 All he gave me was a mouldy old 50p.他只给了我区区50便士。 informal not modern or interesting: 陈腐的;过时的 The city's museums are filled with mouldy old collections.这个城市的博物馆里都是过时的旧藏品。 Of little or less importance be in/under someone's shadowidiom be neither here nor thereidiom big deal biggie derisory marginal meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness mere picture piddling piddly piffling play second fiddleidiom unserious unseriousness venial vestigial vestigially You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not of good quality Tedious and uninspiring Examples of mouldymouldy With the emergence of bebop, swing proponents were cast in the role of mouldy figs. If linseed cake stands during the winter, it invariably goes mouldy, and the young calves cannot thrive on it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This time there is plenty of straw—some of it a bit mouldy, perhaps, but still it is straw. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So it is not such a mouldy turnip after all? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now they want to give something to the landlords, and what they have given is a mouldy old turnip. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Damp and mouldy housing, together with high levels of pollution in urban areas, are largely responsible for the difference in incidence between social classes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Bread and many other products can easily go mouldy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If anything can be said of government policies, it is that all are blue and many are mouldy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I never had any association with mouldy beef. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether turnip or carrot, if it is mouldy it is nasty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who would be a ward sister with only those mouldy "financial carrots" dangling in front of her? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bread is still just edible after 24 hours, but it will have gone mouldy after seven days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They also have shown me mouldy clothes, furnishing and rotted carpets, due to the damp- ness in which they live. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are no grounds for suggesting that the mutton now in store will go mouldy or that mutton is being withheld from the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They see whether food is fresh, and if it is mouldy, for example, they take action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of mouldy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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