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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. 1
    • : dried or darkened as by heat.
    • : burned; scorched.
    • : Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.

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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.