rust

英[rʌst] 美[rʌst]

反义词

复数: rusts;第三人称单数: rusts;过去式: rusted;过去分词: rusted;现在分词: rusting;形容词: rusted;

1. red => rust.
2. => "red oxide of iron".

rust 生锈，铁锈

来自古英语 rust,锈，锈蚀，来自 PIE*reudh,红色的，来自 PIE*reudh,红色的，词源同 red,russet.

rust: rust: [OE] Etymologically, rust means ‘reddened’. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *reudh- ‘red’ (source also of English red). This produced a prehistoric Germanic noun which has evolved into German and Swedish rost, Dutch roest, and English and Danish rust.
=> red
rust (v.): early 13c., from rust (n.). Transitive sense "cause to rust" is from 1590s. Related: Rusted; rusting.
rust (n.): "red oxide of iron," Old English rust "rust; moral canker," related to rudu "redness," from Proto-Germanic *rusta- (cognates: Frisian rust, Old High German and German rost, Middle Dutch ro(e)st), from PIE *reudh-s-to- (cognates: Lithuanian rustas "brownish," rudeti "to rust;" Latin robigo, Old Church Slavonic ruzda "rust"), from root *reudh- "red" (see red (adj.1)).

As a plant disease, attested from mid-14c. Rust Belt "decayed urban industrial areas of mid-central U.S." (1984) was popularized, if not coined, by Walter Mondale's presidential campaign.

1. Rust and flaking paint mean the metalwork is in poor condition.: 生锈和掉漆说明金属配件损毁严重。

2. Ray painted below the waterline with a special anti-rust paint.: 雷用专门的防锈涂料涂船的吃水线以下的部位。