资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rust \Rust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rusting}.] [AS. rustian.]
1. To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
If gold ruste, what shall iron do? --Chaucer.
Our armors now may rust. --Dryden.
2. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust;
also, to acquire a rusty appearance. as plants.
3. Fig.: To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or
impaired by inaction.
Must I rust in Egypt? never more Appear in arms, and
be the chief of Greece? --Dryden.
资料来源 : WordNet®
rusted
adj : having accumulated rust; "rusted hinges" [ant: {rustless}]