fusty
adjective /ˈfʌsti/
/ˈfʌsti/
(disapproving)- smelling old, slightly wet or not fresh
synonym musty腐臭的;霉湿味的 - a dark fusty room
阴暗霉湿的房间
- a dark fusty room
- old-fashioned
过时的;守旧的 - fusty ideas
守旧的思想 - a fusty old professor
古板的老教授
- fusty ideas
词源late 15th cent.: from Old French fuste ‘smelling of the cask’, from fust ‘cask, tree trunk’, from Latin fustis ‘cudgel’.