| 单词 | mustiness |
| 例句 | Inside, the smell of mustiness coated everything like a thick layer of bad cologne. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Processing, far from removing the mustiness, sometimes accentuates it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was nobody in it; it smelled of old stone, old neglect, mustiness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the campus, students emerged from the mustiness of Suzzallo Library and the dankness of their rented rooms, blinked warily, and looked about for a place to stretch out on a patch of grass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I unleash dust and a mustiness scents the air, but my thread count options are limited, so I unzip the sleeping bag, spread it over the chair, and then inflate the camping pillow. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She could smell dust and damp and mustiness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z But there was a dim mustiness about it still where the scent had been. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The tang of pines, soft air, some mustiness from rotting vegetation. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z A haze of smoke hung in the air; it wasn’t the sweet mustiness of her abuelo’s Malaguenas but a danker, cigarette smell. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and feel the cool, smell the mustiness of history, wood and walls, listen to the echoes of our shuffles and my memories. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Air immediately began moving through the cabin and the mustiness seemed to disappear at once. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell was still there al though now it was more of mold and mustiness. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In his nostrils, he could smell the mustiness of the Red Room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Olanna could smell the mustiness on her wrapper; it must have been dug out from an ancient trunk for this occasion. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a mustiness in the air, a hint of damp cellar, a whiff of stale sweat left behind by a rowdy congregation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Lily pulls open yet another large wooden door, and this time we slip into cool blackness and the sweet smell of burning candles, mustiness, and age. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Farewell, My Queen” has none of the mustiness or preciosity that can turn costume dramas into waxworks. Movie Review: ‘Farewell, My Queen,’ Set at Versailles 2012-07-12T21:53:22Z Floors are uneven, ceilings are low, and there is plenty of mustiness, but in the warrens it’s possible to find a treasure. A Small-Town Gem Near Nashville 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z And the way they smelled, a lovely light powdered smell and the slight mustiness of mothballs, and hot chocolate and cheese biscuits. A ‘Menagerie’ That Fulfills a London Dream 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z By which he means that outside theater circles, a mustiness had crept into the show business zeitgeist, a sense of the musical becoming uncool, out of step. Give them a hand! Musicals stage a comeback. 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z A distinct air of mustiness clings to this work, in which long-winded, sometimes bantering dialogue works methodically toward a heartstring-yanking ending. ‘In Praise of Love’: A second look at the 1970s play’s retorts and tear-jerkers 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z There’s a staleness to these themes that’s only partially camouflaged by Barnes’s elegant style, the way an expensive cologne might distract us, for a time, from the mustiness of a well-appointed sitting room. Review | If Flaubert reimagined ‘Cougar Town,’ this is the novel we might get 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Death also permeates the game and is as strong as a perceived stench of mustiness and rot. Zadzooks: ‘Little Nightmares II’ review (PS4) 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z In Siberia, you’ll find people who are stroganina connoisseurs, critiquing the mustiness of frozen whitefish from smaller lakes or praising the clean leanness of the catch from the Gulf of Ob. Arctic Dining: Think Frozen Sashimi, With a Side of Reindeer Blood 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z There’s a staleness to these themes that’s only partially camouflaged by Barnes’ elegant style, the way an expensive cologne might distract us, for a time, from the mustiness of a well-appointed sitting room. Julian Barnes’ latest novel is like ‘Cougar Town’ re-imagined by Flaubert 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z There's another factor working in Steely Dan's favor to wipe out any would-be mustiness here, and that's the fact that almost none of the material from the band's 1972-80 life span sounds dated. The 1993 interview when Walter Becker opened up about Steely Dan's subversive intentions 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z As such, some may find “Tracey Ullman’s Show” a touch dated, but her acutely observed characters are generally enough to overcome any mustiness. Wigs, accents, and great characters mean 'Tracey Ullman's Show' picks up right where she left off 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Yech,” posted another, Julie M., who used a chamber in New York and wrote that she “couldn’t stand the mustiness after about 15 min so left early.” Climb In, Tune In: A Renaissance for Sensory Deprivation Tanks 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z The chemical compound is caused by a natural fungus in cork that takes only the smallest trace to impart an overpowering mustiness in wines, likened to everything from a wet pooch to sweaty gym socks. Wine cork makers seek to put a stop to declining sales 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z He stopped at a restaurant just long enough to swallow a cupful of black coffee in order to neutralize a bevy of differing tastes that tenanted his mouth, vying in stale mustiness. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Lovely followed the foxy-faced man into the back parlour which in addition to the general mustiness of the premises had a rank odour of printer's ink and newly struck proofs. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z A good bit of a shiver ran through the trio as they descended into the dank mustiness of the vault. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Give it hempseed every day and be very certain the seed is sound and free from mustiness. Profitable Squab Breeding 2011-11-03T02:00:14.677Z But still the Presence weighed upon her with its crushing, tranquil malevolence, its external signs the sun, white and ghastly, the mountains, steaming in mustiness, the fronds of palms, heavy, motionless, metallic. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z And this perfume of another world, whereof I intoxicated myself with a so perfected sensitiveness; alas, its place is taken by an odour of stale tobacco smoke, mingled with I know not what nauseating mustiness. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Many bakers do not use the yeast properly, their bread being sour or musty; some sweeten their bread, to disguise an inferior quality of flour, or as an antidote to sourness or mustiness. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z It was as hot as an oven, the stifling atmosphere impregnated with mingled odors of cooking, stale cigar smoke, and the mustiness of close, unaired spaces. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z But far underground, the tunnel itself exuded only a faint cavelike mustiness. City Room: Under the Gowanus Canal, Flushing Out the Stench 2011-02-23T12:00:02Z He politely asked the waiter whether the mustiness was typical for our wine. A Textbook Case of Great Service 2010-11-18T23:21:00Z He regarded his fellow-guests with keen interest, noted the odour of camphor and mustiness and the obvious creases in the men's coats. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle When she unlocked the front door the cave-like mustiness and the cold smell of unsunned hallways and the conglomerate of food smells from below met her at the threshold. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Then Jenny would sit in the hot room, where the slab glowed quietly into the mustiness, and idly turn the damp-stained pages of year-old periodicals, of mildewed calendars, even of hymn-books. Carnival It gathered into its folded and draped square the 209 evil of the danz�n, the spoiled mustiness of joined and debased bloods, the license under a grotesque similitude of restraint. The Bright Shawl Camphor and dust and mustiness were strong enough to cover most of the sweaty smell, and those were smells of a kind I'd experienced before, in other places. Exile from Space Neither he nor his son Archer knew of the shunned house as other than a nuisance almost impossible to rent—perhaps on account of the mustiness and sickly odor of unkempt old age. The Shunned House The curtains were closely drawn, and an unmistakable atmosphere of mustiness pervaded the apartment. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain I finished my pipe, yawned, opened the Concordance, and shut it again hastily, by reason of the extraordinarily pungent mustiness its pages emitted. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography He frowned at the difference, and sniffed discontentedly at the stale air which seemed already to have taken on the peculiar flat mustiness appropriate to closed and deserted habitations. The Monk of Hambleton And the smell of stale food and general mustiness helped to add to the keenness of the visitor’s nervous edge as he waited for the man’s reply. The Twins of Suffering Creek Dust lay thick all around him, powdering up and swirling, as he moved down the narrow aisles; a damp, leathery mustiness lived in the air, an odor of mold and neglect. Small World It should be hung where it will have a thorough air, and be dried with a cloth, night and morning, to keep it from damp and mustiness. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual Sections of the flooring and woodwork also reeked with mustiness. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 The smell of the food, which was just cleared off the table, was here mingled with the mustiness of the dirty walls and the greasy exhalations from the smoky chimney. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story The principal stench arose from bad drainage, besides which there was a universal mustiness. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Broth or eggs he sickened at and turned from, and, indeed, the one was greasy and salt, the others of appalling mustiness. The Dop Doctor It is worthy of remark that, though there is but one and the same means of ingress and egress, the air is wonderfully pure, and free from any offensive odour or mustiness. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Faint with the reek of ancient mustiness, Northwood retreated to the door, dizzy and staggering. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Scrofula thrives in the narrow tenement dwellings in which is found a close, overheated, foul air pregnant with smoke, kitchen fumes and mustiness from the damp walls. Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated There is a mustiness about the place, which although it is unpleasant in itself, is yet agreeable in its circumstance. Chimney-Pot Papers And now he could smell the rank mustiness borne on the hot breeze. This Crowded Earth He collected his thoughts the best that he could in his state of dreaminess and brief hallucinations in the dark, blowing mustiness of the confines of the empty room. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais I should judge so from the general air of mustiness I find. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen Treatment consists in stopping the ingestion of the faulty drugs, poisons, or feed, and supplying sound hay and grain free from all taint of heating or mustiness. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The spirit of literature which then saturated his being had nothing of the mustiness of library morocco about it, but was fragrant with the scent of unknown exotics from over the269 seas. My Reminiscences And yet every influence that means home and family seems bent on condemning me to the dreariness and mustiness of a life that kills thought. The Tyranny of Weakness Some flours which have but a slight suggestion of mustiness will, when baked into bread, have it more pronounced; on the other hand, some odors are removed during bread making. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value The chemical smell from them blotted out that alien mustiness which the wind brought from the campsite. Storm Over Warlock Things that had been stored in the hold came up with a certain old smell and a little mustiness. A Little Girl in Old Salem The same atmosphere of mustiness permeated the premises; the ill-laid flags forming the floor of the stoep still with lifted edges lay in wait for unaccustomed feet. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories The minutes thudded by; the mustiness enwrapped them. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Whenever she moved, the warm perfume of amulets grew stronger, overpowering the faint mustiness of the cushions and upholstery. The Golden Silence The choking dust and general mustiness of the long-closed apartment drove Val to investigate the window fastenings and throw them open to the morning air. Ralestone Luck As it is, the mustiness and mouldiness of the tenants of the House of the Seven Gables crumble away rather too easily. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) This will allow fresh air to get in and prevent mustiness. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use The tiny window was open, and was doing its best to drive out mustiness. The Motor Maid When he went outside he shivered; but at all events these cold, damp odors of the sea and the rainy wind were more grateful than the mustiness of the hotel. Sunrise The room had all the chilly discomfort of the farmhouse parlour, unused, save on state occasions—a funereal gloom which no sunlight could pierce, a mustiness which savoured almost of the grave. The Survivor From its clerical occupants the place had inherited a mild mustiness of theological association—a vague reverberation of old Calvinistic sermons, which served to deepen its extra-mundane and somnolent quality. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) All I do know and feel is that Delacroix's grand romantic scenes are foundering and splitting, that Courbet's black painting already reeks of the mustiness of a studio which the sun never penetrates. His Masterpiece Thou composition of mustiness and sourness.—Theobald's assertion, however confident, is false. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies It is performed when the leaf is dry; whereas, the rolling requires moisture, and subsequent roasting on copper plates is necessary to prevent mustiness. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. It was close and disgusting within the thick walls, which were spattered with stains of mud and mustiness. Twenty-six and One and Other Stories It was a large room, evidently unused, for the furniture was covered with holland, and there was a mustiness about it which suggested that the windows were seldom opened. The Magician This will allow fresh air to get in and prevent the mustiness of the contents, familiar to hotel and boarding-house sufferers. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home On the other hand, it was damper than the outdoors and the mustiness was far from fragrant. Left Tackle Thayer To prevent this mustiness the air in a first class storage room is kept moderately dry. The Dollar Hen Antonyms: severe, drastic, rigorous, violent, harsh. mildew, n. mould, mustiness, must, blight. military, a. martial. military command. strategy, generalship, tactics, logistics. military dress. regimentals, uniform. military rule. stratocracy. militia, n. troops, military; trainband. milk, n. Putnam's Word Book Gloom and mustiness were his first reward, but as his eyes became accustomed to the darkness he saw that he was in the kitchen. The Lilac Girl The incense of the poppies crept subtly through the room, mingling inextricably with the mustiness and the dust. A Spinner in the Sun All mold and mustiness should be kept out by thorough ventilation and frequent coats of whitewash to the walls. Science in the Kitchen. He had become so absorbed in watching that he was quite surprised to find himself in the cool darkness of his little shop, with its familiar odour of methyl, mustiness, and decay. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories This ensures their being perfectly clean, and free from any possible mustiness. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. The mustiness lent to the feeling of intrigue and incredulity the 7 CEO's felt. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel And indeed there was a strange mustiness in everything. Falk A Reminiscence Feuerstein followed the directions and found himself in a dingy little room, smelling of mustiness and stale tobacco, and lined with law books, almost all on crime and divorce. The Fortune Hunter The mustiness of the room made his head ache. Of Human Bondage Put on in clean lined saucepan with plenty of cold water, bring to boil slowly, and if there is the least suspicion of mustiness, drain and cover with clean water. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. If such relics of the primitive inhabitants of this island fail to stir the imagination, then the mustiness must exist in the unresponsive mind rather than in the subject under discussion. Yorkshire Within the cab a smell of mustiness contended feebly with the sickening reek of a cigar which the man was forever relighting and which as often turned cold between his teeth. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama I caught a darkling glimpse of a large room, apparently quite furnished; but how, except from the general feeling of antiquity and mustiness, I could not tell. The Portent & Other Stories If they knew more concerning the life of the world than other men, why should everything they said remind one of mustiness and mildew? Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 A smell of starch, wet linen and steam mingles with an aromatic mustiness. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago "Oh, well, after all, the smells of antiquity are a part of the show; we should refuse to believe in ancientness, all of us, I fancy, if mustiness wasn't served along with it." In and out of Three Normady Inns A breeze from the May world without blew through the class-room, and as it lifted his papers he had a curious sense of freshness and mustiness meeting. Lifted Masks; stories Except for a slight mustiness the second egg was very palatable indeed. The History of Mr. Polly A smell of mustiness—for smells go through what nothing else can—was the first thing to perceive, and then, having moved the disk of gold, I found a piece of vellum. Erema — My Father's Sin The air was filled with the smell of soldiers' clothes, mustiness, and the leather of wet boots. The Seven Who Were Hanged As soon as we have crossed the threshold, a heaviness of heat puffs in our faces, fortified by the mustiness of frying that dwells in the kitchen and emerges every time the door is opened. Under Fire: the story of a squad The two were led into a large bare chamber which had all the chill and mustiness of a bachelor's drawing-room. Huntingtower The room smells thoroughly of the plains; an odour, as it were, of punkhas, mosquitoes, and mustiness, not to be found elsewhere, and entirely unexplainable to uninitiated sufferers. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet And now we are together, O mysterious tome, whose Arab name breathes a strange mustiness of occult lore and claims kindred with the sciences of almagest and alchemy. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography As soon as the curtain fell at their heels a stifling mustiness came to their nostrils, and a chill that was like the flat of a knife-blade pressed against their cheeks. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest Again there came to him that odor of mustiness—of all smells the most eerie and drear—which he had noticed on his arrival. Okewood of the Secret Service But these ashes looked old, nor could I detect any evidence of tobacco smoke in the general mustiness pervading the place. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair The cabin was dark and smelled of smoke, of the stale odors of past cooked meals, of the mustiness of dry, rotting timber. To the Last Man The old woman's pale, withered face was quite in harmony with the darkness of the street and the mustiness of the place. A Second Home In Petersburg, besides business, his sister's divorce, and his coveted appointment, he wanted, as he always did, to freshen himself up, as he said, after the mustiness of Moscow. Anna Karenina He took a step forward and groped his way into a little porch smelling horribly of mustiness and damp. Okewood of the Secret Service The same dirt, mustiness, and neglect met their eyes. A Voyage to Arcturus |
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