Old English rustig; see rust (n.) + -y (2). Cognate with Frisian roastich, Middle Dutch roestich, Dutch roestig, Old High German rostag, German rostig. "In the 16th and 17th centuries frequently used as a term of general disparagement" [OED]. Of bodily skills, "impaired by neglect," from c. 1500; of mental qualities, accomplishments, etc., first attested 1796.
雙語例句
1. We spent years travelling around in a rusty old van.
我們多年來都開著一輛生銹的舊貨車四處旅行。
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2. A thin curl of smoke rose from a rusty stove.
生銹的爐子里冒出一縷青煙。
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3. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel.
他們在一只生銹的油桶里燒木柴來保暖。
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4. She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly.
她打拉斯蒂就像在打一只蒼蠅。
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5. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.