Word
adust
/əˈdʌst/
adjective
干燥的；焦渴的
Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
- 1.
Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
炎热干燥的；口渴或干渴的
炎热干燥的；口渴或干渴的；烤干的；阴沉的；烧焦的
In use
The adust landscape of the desert stretched for miles under the blazing sun.
After a week without rain, the farmer's crops looked adust and brittle.
His adust face showed the effects of years working under the tropical sun.
be adust
描述物体因暴晒或高温而干燥。
The fields were adust after the long drought.
长期干旱后田野烤干了。
become adust
强调变化过程。
His skin became adust from working in the sun.
他的皮肤因在阳光下工作而晒成褐色。
seem adust
用于主观印象。
The landscape seemed adust and barren.
风景看起来干燥荒芜。
Common mistakes
The shelves are covered in adust.The shelves are covered in dust.
Adust 是形容词，意为“烤干的”，而非名词“灰尘”。应使用名词 dust。
The heat adusted the crops.The crops were adust from the heat.
Adust 是形容词，不能用作动词。应使用“were adust”表示状态。
Connections
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.