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单词 dusty
释义 dusty
\ˈdəstē, -ti\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from dust (I) + -y
1. : marked by the presence of dust : filled with dust : covered or clouded with dust
 < the table is dusty >
 < two thirsty travelers … came upon the lake after a dusty trek — American Guide Series: California >
2. : consisting of dust : powdery
 < two acres of stony, dusty ground — Bernard Gutteridge >
3. : worthless, contemptible, miserable, sordid
 < he who is born on the steps of a throne and never ascends them has a dusty fate — Times Literary Supplement >
4. : dim, clouded
 < in the moonlight grows a smile mid its rays of dusty pearl — G.W.Russell >
 < your splendor is dusty — Max Beerbohm >
5. of the weather : stormy, blowy
6. : dry and lifeless (as from age or disuse) : barren, unproductive, stale, unsatisfying; also : lacking in interest : dull
 < the old man will suck a little of her sweetness to prolong his dusty life — Elinor Wylie >
 < while the work of his contemporaries today seems dusty and dated, his drawings still retain their freshness and vigor — L.R.Sander >
 < ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life — George Meredith >

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