fusty
fusty 英 [ˈfʌsti] 美 [ˈfʌsti]
adj. 发霉的；守旧的，老式的
- Use the adjective fusty to describe something that's covered with dust and smells a little old and musty. Your grandmother's attic is probably full of fusty knickknacks.
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- adj. 发霉的；守旧的，老式的
- fusty (adj.) "stale-smelling," late 14c., from French fusté "fusty, tasting of the cask," from Old French fuste, fuist "wine cask," originally "stick, stave, wood" (Modern French fût), from Latin fustis "staff, stick of wood" (see fustigate). Related: Fustiness. Fustilugs was 17c. slang for "a woman of gross or corpulent habit" [OED], later generally in dialect for a big-boned person.
fusty / ˈfʌsti ; NAmE ˈfʌsti / adjective ( disapproving) 1 smelling old, damp or not fresh 腐臭的；霉湿味的 SYN musty ◆ a dark fusty room 阴暗霉湿的房间 2 old-fashioned 过时的；守旧的 ◆ fusty ideas 守旧的思想 ◆ a fusty old professor 古板的老教授 fusty fustier fustiest fusty / ˈfʌsti ; NAmE ˈfʌsti /
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