rusty

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These substances leak from the rusty barrels and pollute soil.
這些物質(zhì)從生鏽的桶中滲出然後汙染了土壤。
If the machinery were not maintained properly, It would get rusty as time passes.
機(jī)器要不好好養(yǎng)護(hù),久而久之就要生鏽。
《新英漢大辤典》
He looked down, to relieve his neck, and stared at the rusty chain at his feet, coiled around the metal rod that connected the cycle to the cart.
他低下了頭，來緩解脖子的疼痛，眼睛停畱在腳下生鏽的鉄鏈上，那鉄鏈繞在連接自行車和拖車的金屬桿周圍。

"A citizen scientist outside Peoria actually sent in a photograph of a species of bumblebee, the rusty patched bumblebee,bombus affinis, that was thought to have gone extinct in that area, and was recovered by a private citizen with a digital camera."
Others though, I want to tell you that it doesn't-- if you're shopping-- I had a student come by yesterday and ask he's a little rusty in his math skills if he should take this course.
其他的,我想告訴你們不必...,如果你還在挑選課程...,昨天有個(gè)學(xué)生來問我,他的數(shù)學(xué)有點(diǎn)荒廢了,他該不該選這門課
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Rusty Lee and his family raise vegetables and livestock on his farm in Truxton,Missouri, about 100 kilometers west of St.Louis.

As it is for many people, your friendship-building skills may be a little rusty.
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(METAL) covered with rust (= metal decay)
(NEEDING PRACTICE) If a skill you had is rusty, it is not as good as it was because you have not practised it.

A rusty metal object such as a car or a machine is covered with rust, which is a brown substance that forms on iron or steel when it comes into contact with water.
If a skill that you have or your knowledge of something is rusty, it is not as good as it used to be, because you have not used it for a long time.