Old English rustig; see rust (n.) + -y (2). Cognate with Frisian roastich, Middle Dutch roestich, Dutch roestig, Old High German rostag, German rostig. "In the 16th and 17th centuries frequently used as a term of general disparagement" [OED]. Of bodily skills, "impaired by neglect," from c. 1500; of mental qualities, accomplishments, etc., first attested 1796.
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1. We spent years travelling around in a rusty old van.
我们多年来都开着一辆生锈的旧货车四处旅行。
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2. A thin curl of smoke rose from a rusty stove.
生锈的炉子里冒出一缕青烟。
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3. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel.
他们在一只生锈的油桶里烧木柴来保暖。
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4. She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly.
她打拉斯蒂就像在打一只苍蝇。
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5. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.
