Word
moldy
发霉的;有霉味的
covered with or smelling of mold
moldy 指发霉或散发霉味,不等于腐烂。
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covered with or smelling of mold
覆盖着霉菌或有霉味的
覆盖着霉菌或有霉味的;发霉的;腐臭的
In use
I left the bread in the bag too long, and now it's moldy.
The whole basement smelled moldy after the rain.
She threw the moldy fruit into the trash can.
moldy bread
a moldy (or musty) odor
moldy [noun]
There was a moldy smell in the old house.
那栋旧房子里有一股发霉的气味。
be/look/smell moldy
感官动词 look、smell、taste 等后面可直接接形容词 moldy,表示看起来、闻起来或尝起来有霉变迹象。
This cheese looks moldy.
这块奶酪看起来发霉了。
go/get moldy
go/get moldy 强调从新鲜到发霉的变化过程。
The bread went moldy because it was left in a damp bag.
面包放在潮湿的袋子里,结果发霉了。
Common mistakes
The bread is mold.The bread is moldy.
mold 是名词,意为‘霉’;表示‘发霉的’要用形容词 moldy。系动词 is 后接表语时,如果描述主语状态,应用形容词。
The cheese smells mold.The cheese smells moldy.
smell 在此处是系动词,后面应接形容词 moldy 而不是名词 mold,表示‘闻起来有霉味’。
There is moldy on the bread.There is mold on the bread.
moldy 是形容词,不能直接作 there is 结构中的主语(名词);表示‘霉’这种物质应该用名词 mold。
Connections
Collocations
- moldy bread
- 发霉的面包
- He threw away the moldy bread.他把发霉的面包扔掉了。
- moldy smell
- 霉味
- The basement had a moldy smell.地下室有一股霉味。
- go moldy
- 发霉
- The cheese went moldy in the fridge.奶酪在冰箱里发霉了。
- moldy basement
- 发霉的地下室
- They cleaned the moldy basement.他们打扫了发霉的地下室。
Idioms & figurative uses
- moldy oldie
- 老掉牙的东西;过时的老歌或老笑话My dad keeps playing that moldy oldie from the 1960s.我爸爸老是在放那首20世纪60年代的老掉牙的歌。
- moldy fig
Learner notes
Memory Tip
moldy由mold(霉菌)加y构成,联想食物长毛、闻起来有霉味的样子,毛茸茸的霉菌就是moldy。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:食物、房间或墙壁、衣物或物品 moldy 是常用形容词,通常指表面长霉或散发霉味,多用于日常描述食物、房间、衣物等,语气中性,不正式也不粗俗。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 moldy 押韵的词有 oldie (/ˈoʊldi/) 以及英式拼写 mouldy (/ˈmoʊldi/)。boldly (/ˈboʊldli/) 和 coldly (/ˈkoʊldli/) 看起来很像,但末尾元音前多了一个 /l/,只是近似押韵。mold (/moʊld/) 缺少末尾的 /i/,body (/ˈbɑːdi/) 拼写相似但元音不同,二者都不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.