musty
adjective /ˈmʌsti/
/ˈmʌsti/
(comparative mustier, superlative mustiest)
- smelling wet and unpleasant because of a lack of fresh air
有霉味的；发霉的 - a musty room
有霉味的房间 - a musty smell of old books
旧书的霉味 - These clothes smell musty.
这些衣服有股霉味。
- The hallway was musty and dark.
走廊里很暗，还有一股霉味。 - The old library smelt musty with disuse.
旧图书馆因废弃而散发出霉味。 - There was a damp, musty smell in the room.
房间里有一股潮湿的霉味。
Collocations DictionaryMusty is used with these nouns:- attic
- odour
- smell
- …
词源early 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of moisty ‘moist’. - a musty room