dusty

Word family

dust·y /ˈdʌsti/ adjectiveadj

1 DIRTYcovered with dust 布满灰尘的

Adrian cycled along the dusty road.

阿德里安沿着满是尘土的路骑自行车。

Everything’s really dusty.

所有东西都布满灰尘。

► see thesaurus at dirty

2 dusty blue/pink etc CCBRIGHTblue etc that is not bright but is slightly grey 灰蓝色/暗粉色等

The curtains had faded to a dusty pink.

窗帘的颜色已经褪成了暗粉色。

Examples from the Corpus

dusty blue/pink etc• The rising sun slowly turns the drab greys and dull browns of the mountains to patches of pale gold and dusty pinks.

Examples from the Corpus

dusty• The road to Bangalore was hot and dusty.• The room was dark and dusty.• The shelves are really dusty.• They lived in a dusty adobe house along Buckeye Road.• The journal was dusty and beginning to fall apart.• He merely watched the obscure corners of the busy planet and poked his stubby nose into dusty crannies.• As they hurried down dusty, echoing staircases, Mungo began to wonder whether he would have enough money.• The outer door opened, and the dusty moonscape lay before them, glimmering in the earthlight.• The walls in the house were dusty pastels.• The rising sun slowly turns the drab greys and dull browns of the mountains to patches of pale gold and dusty pinks.• The dusty reflection reminded him of a painting, the dim figure still as paint.• a dusty road• Games players cleared areas of sand or dusty rubble.• dusty shelves• Samandari lives in a small dusty village on the edge of the desert.

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Corpus

BNC: 6602 COCA: 5298

dusty adj.
⇨ dirty

BNC: 6602 COCA: 5298

dusty

Dirty: dirty, filthy, messy...