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fustian

/fuhs-chuhn/US // ˈfʌs tʃən //UK // (ˈfʌstɪən) //

锈迹斑斑,锈蚀,锈色,锈迹斑斑的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
    • : a fabric of stout twilled cotton or of cotton and low-quality wool, with a short nap or pile.
    • : inflated or turgid language in writing or speaking: Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made of fustian: a fustian coat; fustian bed linen.
    • : pompous or bombastic, as language: fustian melodrama.
    • : worthless; cheap: fustian knaves and dupes.

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Examples

  • It was simple; it was direct; there was no fustian in it; and yet it told the story perfectly.

  • He wrote and read, and smoked and wrote, rising early, and talking fustian.

  • Even in fustian garments nobility hides with difficulty from keen and suspicious eyes.

  • Yes, there were swells here, ball-room coxcombs in fustian and felt.

  • Return to his bedroom, throw off the clothes, beat the featherbed, see that the fustian and sheets are clean.

  • The knight is first dressed in a doublet of fustian, lined with satin, which is cut with holes for ventilation.