生saang1鏽sau3

English

1. (of metal) to rust; to become rusty
2. rust
3. to cover with rust; to rust
4. (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate
5. to get rusty or unfamiliar (of a knowledge or a skill)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 金屬物件氧化，喺表面產生有顏色、脆弱嘅氧化物；通常指鐵造嘅物件
2. 引申指好耐無運用一啲技巧同能力，或者做一啲嘢，生疏咗而無以前做得咁好

Examples

• 個鐵閘生晒鏽。

  The gate is rusting all over the place. ----

• 好耐冇計數，個腦生晒鏽。

  It's been a long time since I last did calculations, and I feel so rusty.

• 你的刀生鏽了。

  Your knife is rusty.

  Tatoeba · corina CC BY

• 薩米將生鏽的叉子放進了洗碗機。

  Sami put the rusty fork in the dishwasher.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 如果你把自行車留在雨中，它會生鏽的。

  A bicycle will rust if you leave it in the rain.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY