fusty

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Moldy or musty.
  2. Stale-smelling or stuffy.
    — I rather vvonder vvhat Charms a VVoman of any Spirit can fancy in a Nunnery, in vvatching, vvorking, praying, and ſometimes, I am afraid, vviſhing for other Company than that of an old fuſty Friar— […]
  3. Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update. broadly,figuratively
    — In contrast to exploitation or suppression or even alienation, involution is presented as part of the natural order of things—like bad weather. You can’t point fingers at an abstraction or rally against a fusty term from an anthropology text.
  4. Tasting of the cask.
    — Now consider what happens when that flavor is not fresh lemon but scorched garlic or some fusty wine. Unpleasant flavors are distributed at the same molecular level as good ones.

词形变化

fustier comparative fustiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
fustilug fustily fustiness

词源

From Middle English fusty, equivalent to fust + -y. Compare Scots foosty.
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