mildew

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪl.djuː/    美 /ˈmɪl.d(j)u/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To taint with mildew. transitive
    — Hee giues the Web and the Pin, ſquints the eye, and makes the Hare‐lippe; Mildewes the white Wheate, and hurts the poore Creature of earth.
  2. To become tainted with mildew. intransitive
    — His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.

词形变化

mildews plural mildews present,singular,third-person mildewing participle,present mildewed participle,past mildewed past

词汇关系

相关词
mould mold

词源

词源 1
From Middle English myldew, from Old English meledēaw, mildēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew.
词源 2
From Middle English myldew, from Old English meledēaw, mildēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew.
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