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mustiness如何读
mustiness是什么意思
- n.霉臬；陈腐；无力气
mustiness英英释义
adjective
impaired by damp or mildew : moldy musty hay
old musty books
tasting of mold
musty wine
smelling of damp and decay : fusty
The cellar was musty.
trite, stale
musty prose
antiquated
musty customs
mustiness词源英文解释
must >entry 4
The first known use of musty was in 1530
mustiness儿童词典英英释义
myxomycetenoun
slime mold
mystifyverb
to confuse thoroughly the understanding of : perplex
mystified by his behavior
mystifyverb
to confuse thoroughly the understanding of : perplex
mystified by his behavior
muzzle1 of 2noun
the nose and jaws of an animal : snout
a covering for the mouth and jaws of an animal used to keep it from eating or biting
the open end of a weapon from which the missile is fired
muzzle2 of 2verb
to put a muzzle on
to prevent free or normal expression by : gag
the dictator muzzled the press
mutterverb
mumble entry 1 sense 1
to murmur complainingly or angrily : grumble
mustyadjective
affected by dampness or mildew : moldy
tasting or smelling of dampness and decay
stale entry 1 sense 2, trite
musty proverbs
outmoded, antiquated
musty traditions
mustiness 例句
1 the musty prose of writers who use the same expressions over and over
2 I could smell the mustiness, and found mold growing on the wood cabinets and a leather love seat.
3 The tang of pines, soft air, some mustiness from rotting vegetation.
4 Neither he nor his son Archer knew of the shunned house as other than a nuisance almost impossible to rent—perhaps on account of the mustiness and sickly odor of unkempt old age.
5 He frowned at the difference, and sniffed discontentedly at the stale air which seemed already to have taken on the peculiar flat mustiness appropriate to closed and deserted habitations.
6 But still the Presence weighed upon her with its crushing, tranquil malevolence, its external signs the sun, white and ghastly, the mountains, steaming in mustiness, the fronds of palms, heavy, motionless, metallic.
7 There was a mustiness in the air, a hint of damp cellar, a whiff of stale sweat left behind by a rowdy congregation.
8 A few sips later, Theo agreed that the Syrah just needed to open up a bit and the mustiness had gone away.
9 The smell was still there al though now it was more of mold and mustiness.
10 She could smell dust and damp and mustiness.
11 There’s a staleness to these themes that’s only partially camouflaged by Barnes’ elegant style, the way an expensive cologne might distract us, for a time, from the mustiness of a well-appointed sitting room.
12 She added that the new energy generated by the renovated spaces at Lincoln Center had pointed up Avery Fisher Hall’s mustiness.
13 In his nostrils, he could smell the mustiness of the Red Room.
14 The chemical compound is caused by a natural fungus in cork that takes only the smallest trace to impart an overpowering mustiness in wines, likened to everything from a wet pooch to sweaty gym socks.
15 Yech,” posted another, Julie M., who used a chamber in New York and wrote that she “couldn’t stand the mustiness after about 15 min so left early.”
16 He politely asked the waiter whether the mustiness was typical for our wine.
17 The opposition wants an election, because the season and their politics are in synch - calling for a spring cleaning in which mustiness can be swept away.
18 A haze of smoke hung in the air; it wasn’t the sweet mustiness of her abuelo’s Malaguenas but a danker, cigarette smell.
19 And the way they smelled, a lovely light powdered smell and the slight mustiness of mothballs, and hot chocolate and cheese biscuits.
20 He regarded his fellow-guests with keen interest, noted the odour of camphor and mustiness and the obvious creases in the men's coats.