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crusty

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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crust·y1 /ˈkrʌsti/ adjective  1 DFbread that is crusty is pleasant to eat because it has a hard crust 〔面包〕脆皮的 a crusty baguette 脆皮长棍面包2 informalBAD-TEMPERED someone who is crusty is bad-tempered 爱发脾气的,暴躁的 SYN grumpy a crusty old man 一个脾气暴躁的老头3 SURFACEhaving a thin dry hard layer of something on the surface 有薄硬外层的 The lake was ringed by crusty salt deposits. 湖的四周是又薄又硬的盐积层。
Examples from the Corpus
crustyThe bread is then toasted over hot embers until it is crusty.Adjust seasoning, serve hot with salad and crusty bread.Anyone who has tasted the sourdough bread made in San Francisco knows about chewy, crusty bread.The cream paint was beginning to yellow; a couple of crusty, filling-station mugs stood on top of a metal filing cabinet.a crusty old Kansas farmerThere was a crusty ring around the rim of the ketchup bottle.Serve with crusty rolls and salad.These businessmen are crusty, rough-edged fellows trying to survive in deadly earnest competition with companies much bigger than theirs.Meals begin with a tall loaf of crusty sourdough bread.
crusty2 noun (plural crusties) [countable] British English informal  a young person with a dirty and untidy appearance, usually one who has no permanent job or home and takes part in protests about protecting the environment 邋遢青年〔指形象邋遢、常无固定工作或住所、反对环境保护的年轻人〕
pleasant is crusty Corpus that to bread is eat


crusty
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crusty1 /ˈkrʌsti/ adjective
1. bread that is crusty is pleasant to eat because it has a hard crust:
    a crusty baguette
2. informal someone who is crusty is bad-tempered
   SYN  grumpy:
    a crusty old man
3. having a thin dry hard layer of something on the surface:
    The lake was ringed by crusty salt deposits.

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crusty2 noun (plural crusties) [countable] British English informal
a young person with a dirty and untidy appearance, usually one who has no permanent job or home and takes part in protests about protecting the environment


crustyBrE /ˈkrʌsti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkrʌsti/ 🔊 adjective (crust·ier, crusti·est) (of food 食物) having a hard outer layer 有硬皮的;有外壳的fresh crusty bread新鲜的脆皮面包(informal) (especially of older people 尤指老年人) bad-tempered; easily irritated 脾气坏的;易发怒的a crusty old man脾气暴躁的老人
crustyBrE /ˈkrʌsti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkrʌsti/ 🔊 noun (also crustie) (
plural
crusties
)
(BrE, informal) a person who usually has no permanent home, has a dirty or untidy appearance, and rejects the way that most people live in Western society (抗拒西方传统的)邋遢流浪汉;居无定所抗拒传统的人