rusty
锈迹斑斑,生锈的,锈迹斑斑的,锈色
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rust·i·er, rust·i·est.
- : covered with or affected by rust.
- : consisting of or produced by rust.
- : of or tending toward the color rust; rust-colored.
- : faded or shabby; impaired by time or wear, as clothes or drapery.
- : impaired through disuse or neglect: My Latin is rusty.
- : having lost agility or alertness; out of practice: I am a bit rusty at tennis.
- : grating or harsh.
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Examples
One of the cheapest forms, it also has the advantage of being flavorless—other iron compounds can taste like a rusty pipe.
Miami was still shorthanded Wednesday and lost to Pittsburgh, but while Olaniyi was rusty in missing 10 of his 12 shots, he played 37 minutes and contributed seven points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals.
In a long downturn, workers’ skills get rusty and machinery deteriorates or becomes outdated.
Washington was more rusty than rested, and that trend continued.
Employers don't like to hire people with large gaps on their résumé, or whose skills might be outdated or rusty.
But, still, week after week, Addison lived in a Dili hostel waiting for the rusty wheels of Timorese justice to set her free.
Across the world, a rusty World War II fort floats off the English coast.
Rusty and squeaky, in need of maintenance and oil, the tank had not lost its destructive skills.
But having taken six years away from the campaign trail, her political skills are naturally a bit rusty.
Of course, this causes the nail clippers to oxidize and the water turns rusty, but it boils.
When pneumonia occurs during the course of a chronic bronchitis, the characteristic rusty red sputum may not appear.