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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rust·y /ˈrʌsti/ ●○○ adjective  1 rusty.jpg HCMmetal that is rusty is covered in rust 生锈的 a rusty nail 生锈的铁钉 a new metal that will never go rusty 一种永不生锈的新金属2 PRACTISE/PRACTICEif you are rusty, you are not as good at something as you used to be, because you have not practised it for a long time 〔技能〕荒疏的,荒废的,生疏的 My French is a bit rusty. 我的法语有点生疏了。
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rustyI hadn't practiced for a long time, so I was really rusty.My Spanish is pretty rusty.We haven't played in a long time, we might be a little rusty.an old rusty bicycleThe bicycle looked a bit rusty, but it worked.It was attached to a rusty chain hidden in the bracken.There was an old rusty freighter out in the bay that was used as a buoy.I turn a rusty handle in the part of my brain that handles mental arithmetic.I opened the rusty iron gate and walked up the path.As soon as the adventurers enter, two of the Skeletons will rip their rusty iron manacles out of the floor and attack.Appalled by rusty, jagged equipment, she proposed replacing it in 1987.I was rusty, my timing was a little off.A rusty old car had been abandoned at the side of the road.I imagined dead mice and old wires curled recklessly in the walls, rusty pipes among antique fixtures.The rusty wheels of his memory began to work.go rustyMaybe they're still there - a great heap of them going rusty and covered in dust and cobwebs.The ball-hitch mechanism seemed to have gone rusty and jammed up since it was last used.
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rusty
rusty /ˈrʌsti/ adjective

1. metal that is rusty is covered in rust:
    a rusty nail
    a new metal that will never go rusty
2. if you are rusty, you are not as good at something as you used to be, because you have not practised it for a long time:
    My French is a bit rusty.


rustyBrE /ˈrʌsti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrʌsti/ 🔊 adjective (rust·ier, rusti·est) covered with rust 生锈的rusty metal生锈的金属a rusty old car生了锈的旧汽车 [not usually before noun] (informal) (of a sport, skill, etc. 体育运动、技能等) not as good as it used to be, because you have not been practising 荒疏;荒废;退步My tennis is very rusty these days. 最近我的网球荒疏了。🔊🔊I haven't played the piano for agesI may be a little rusty. 我很久没有弹钢琴,可能会有点生疏。🔊🔊 rusti·ness BrE /ˈrʌstinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrʌstinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]