rust n. 1.锈;锈色。 2.铁锈;【植物;植物学】锈菌,锈病。 3.荒废,停滞,无活动。 a life of rust 疲塌懒散的生活。 the rust of idleness 懒癖;惰性。 talents left to rust 白有才能,怀才不遇。 be in rust 生着锈。 gather rust 生锈。 get [rub] the rust off 把锈擦掉。 keep from rust 使不生锈。 vi. 生锈;【植物;植物学】害锈病;(不用的结果)变钝,变荒废,变呆;变成锈色。 Better wear out than rust out. 与其锈坏不如用坏,与其闲死不如忙死。 vt. 使生锈,使腐蚀;使钝,使弱。 adj. -able 会生锈的。 adj. -less 无锈的,不锈的。
He had worn all his rust off long ago, but nothing would file his spiky head down 他身上的铁锈很久以前就掉光了,一头铁蒺藜却依然如故。
Mr . cruncher had by this time taken quite a lunch of rust off his fingers in his following of the evidence 克朗彻先生听到这儿时,已从他的指头上啃下了可以当一顿饭吃的铁锈。
Jerry, the messenger, who had made his own observations, in his own manner, and who had been sucking the rust off his fingers in his absorption, stretched his neck to hear who they were 送信人杰瑞以自己的方式作了观察,又在专心观察时吮过了手上的铁锈,此时便伸长了脖子去看那两人是谁。