adust
/uh-duhst/US // əˈdʌst //UK // (əˈdʌst) //
尘埃,尘土,尘埃落定,尘土飞扬
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : dried or darkened as by heat.
- : burned; scorched.
- : Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt up or scorched; browned with the sun.
Blondel took up the word, his eyes sparkling, his adust complexion heated and full of fire.
The Tragedian unbent by degrees; his adust countenance warmed into flesh and blood, and he grew facetious and festive.
The Oxford scholar long ago, as described by Chaucer, was adust and thin.
But if it be stopped, and cannot have his way, it becometh adust, and thereby malign and venomous.
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