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单词 lusty
释义 lusty
\ˈləstē, -ti\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch lustich pleasant, merry, Middle High German lustic pleasant, merry, Old Norse lostigr willing, ready; all from a prehistoric North Germanic-West Germanic adjective derived from the noun represented by Old English lust pleasure with the suffix represented by Old English -ig -y — more at lust, -y
1. archaic : merry, joyous
2. : lustful
 < had his moments of lusty passion — Winthrop Sargeant >
 < lusty greed in their veins — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 < with the lusty appetite of a buccaneer — Nancy Hale >
3. : full of vitality : robust, flourishing
 < his six brothers were tall and healthy and lusty — Walter Macken >
 < when the missing chemicals were replaced, the cane planters began to get lusty crops — Marjory S. Douglas >
 < a lusty young city sprawling on the lake front — P.W.Gates >
 < progressive spirit of the lusty young Whig party — V.L.Parrington >
4.
 a. : full of strength : powerful
  < it was such a lusty shock that it unsettled another rock up the mountain — Burtt Evans >
  < a tart, lusty wine of the country — John Kobler >
  < a lusty factor in the wage-price spiral — H.A.Wolff >
 b. : unusually large in size : corpulent, massive
  < a huge florid figure of a lusty man — Erle Stanley Gardner >
  < this lusty veteran of some 700 years is 19 feet in circumference — J.A.M.Muir >
5. : full of energy or activity : forceful, vigorous
 < hammers the piano in a lusty, untrained way — Donita Ferguson >
 < people poured forth to give him lusty cheers — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager >
 < the lusty days of Elizabethan England swarm to life — New York Times >
 < in the tradition of the great satirists, the lusty haters — H.R.Hays >
Synonyms: see vigorous
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