mustard

1. N-MASS Mustard is a yellow or brown paste usually eaten with meat. It tastes hot and spicy. 芥末醬

...a jar of mustard. …一罐芥末醬。

2. COLOR Mustard is used to describe things that are brownish yellow in colour. 褐黃色 (的)

I sat in my father's chair, a mustard-coloured recliner. 我坐在父親的椅子上，一把褐黃色的躺椅。

3. PHRASE If someone does not cut the mustard, their work or their performance is not as good as it should be or as good as it is expected to be. 未能達(dá)到要求; 不如所期待地那么好[非正式]

He just wasn't a good student. He wasn't cutting the mustard and we let him go. 他不是什么好學(xué)生。不合格，我們就讓他走了。