| 词汇 | musty |
| 释义 | musty adjective uk /ˈmʌs.ti/ us /ˈmʌs.ti/ smelling unpleasantly old and slightly wet: 发霉的;有霉味的 musty old books发霉的旧书 a musty smell霉味 a musty room有霉味的房间 Compare frowstyUKinformaldisapproving Smells & smelling acridly anosmic bergamot deodorize deodorizing fragrant fullness fusty malodorous minging niff olfactory nerve orangey petrichor piny pungency scented smelly sniff stink musty | American Dictionarymusty adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/ˈmʌs·ti/ smelling old and slightly wet: a musty room Examples of mustymusty It already seems doomed to a musty grave in academic history - for all its moderation and practicality. She gives him an egg, telling him to return when it smells musty. Since typical historians of science today are often quite different, their position now has a musty, anachronistic air. The scent was strong, somewhat sweet to sickly or musty, and unpleasant to humans. In the dying twilight, the inside of the musty warehouse, largely unused since 1941, has a pale blue cast, making the people, timbers and pillars appear as half-ghosts. We are accused of uttering musty old shibboleths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the musty smell of mediaevalism in such a principle and it must be removed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People will go into civic restaurants, and will be provided with a musty old sandwich that has done duty for hundreds of drinks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is going to happen when the material does go musty or bad? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They did not dig into the musty records of the past when they were faced with a situation which required action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Your theories are simply vague generalities and musty rhetorical declamations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We then go down to eight marks, which is for slight, musty, mousey or milky (not sour). From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Might it not have been some sort of seasoning for the musty resurrection pie which he always serves up? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no wish to dive into ancient history or to deal with musty precedents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only ghost of an argument were a few ancient, musty clichés about incentives to production and enterprise, and so forth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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