smelling wet and unpleasant because of a lack of fresh air synonym dank有霉味的;发霉的 a musty room 有霉味的房间 a musty smell of old books 旧书的霉味 These clothes smell musty. 这些衣服有股霉味。
Extra ExamplesThe hallway was musty and dark. 走廊里很暗,还有一股霉味。 The old library smelt musty with disuse. 旧图书馆因废弃而散发出霉味。 There was a damp, musty smell in the room. 房间里有一股潮湿的霉味。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMusty is used with these nouns:- attic
- odour
- smell
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Word Originearly 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of moisty ‘moist’.