rusty adj. 1.生了銹的,上銹的;腐蝕了的。 2.由銹而成的,因銹而生的;【植物;植物學(xué)】患銹病的。 3.銹色的;褪了色的;陳舊的。 4.(因不使用)變得不能用的,變荒疏的,變拙劣了的,變鈍了的。 His Greek is a little rusty. 他的希臘語(yǔ)生疏了。 He is getting rusty. 他漸漸落伍了。 adv. -ily ,-iness n. adj. 〔方言〕發(fā)脾氣的,惱怒的。 He turned rusty. 他發(fā)火了。 cut up rusty 發(fā)脾氣的。 adj. 有腐爛臭味的,開(kāi)始腐爛的。
sword n. 1.劍,刀;〔軍俚〕刺刀。 2.〔the sword〕武力;兵權(quán);權(quán)力;殺戮,戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。 the sword and the purse 武力和財(cái)力。 the sword of justice 司法權(quán)。 the sword of the Spirit 上帝的話。 the fire and sword (侵略軍的)燒殺;強(qiáng)暴的軍事手段。 the sword of State [honour] 國(guó)劍〔大節(jié)日在英王前所捧的寶劍〕。 at the point of the sword 被迫,在威脅下。 be at sword's points (with each other) (彼此)不和。 cross swords 交鋒,決斗;爭(zhēng)論 (with)。 draw the sword 拔劍;發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。 measure swords (決斗前)檢查劍長(zhǎng);決斗,戰(zhàn)斗 (with)。 put to the sword 殺死。 put up [sheathe] the sword 收劍,把劍插進(jìn)鞘里;停止戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng),講和。 throw one's sword into the scale 采取使用武力的辦法。 wear the sword 當(dāng)兵。 worry the sword (比賽擊劍時(shí))不斷地快刺以亂對(duì)手陣腳。
It is really foolish of you to buy such a rusty sword . 你真傻,買了一把生銹的劍。
My next care was for some ammunition and arms ; there were two very good fowling - pieces in the great cabbin , and two pistols , these i secur d first , with some powder - horns , and a small bag of shot , and two old rusty swords ; i knew there were three barrels of powder in the ship , but knew not where our gunner had stow d them , but with much search i found them , two of them dry and good , the third had taken water , those two i got to my raft , with the arms , and now i thought my self pretty well freighted , and began to think how i should get to shore with them , having neither sail , oar , or rudder , and the least cap full of wind would have overset all my navigation 這時(shí),我只好用槳作錨,把木排一邊固定在一片靠近河岸的平坦的沙灘上,以等待潮水漲高,漫過(guò)沙灘再說(shuō)。后來(lái),潮水果然繼續(xù)上漲,漫上沙灘,等水漲得夠高了,我就把木排撐過(guò)去,因?yàn)槟九懦运幸怀叨嗌?。到了那兒,我用兩支斷槳插入沙灘里,前后各一支,把木排停泊好,單等潮水退去,就可把木排和貨物品平安安地留在岸上了?