rotting

英 [ˈrɒtɪŋ]

美 [ˈrɑːtɪŋ]

v.  (使)腐烂，腐败变质
rot的现在分词

现在分词：rotting　

BNC.14402 / COCA.13272

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)腐烂;(使)腐败;(使)变质
  When food, wood, or another substancerots, or when somethingrotsit, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed.
  1. If we don't unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos...
     如果我们不立刻把粮食卸下来，它们就会在筒仓里开始腐烂。
  2. Sugary canned drinks rot your teeth.
     罐装的甜饮料会腐蚀牙齿。
  3. ...the smell of rotting fish.
     鱼变质的气味
• N-UNCOUNT （尤指木制品的）腐烂，腐败，腐朽
  If there isrotin something, especially something that is made of wood, parts of it have decayed and fallen apart.
  1. Investigations had revealed extensive rot in the beams under the ground floor...
     调查发现一层地下的横梁大面积腐烂。
  2. Neither the timber frame nor metal chassis were protected against rot.
     木构架和金属底盘都没有采取防腐措施。
• N-SING （逐步的）恶化，衰败
  You can usethe rotto refer to the way something gradually gets worse. For example, if you are talking about the time whenthe rot set in, you are talking about the time when a situation began to get steadily worse and worse.
  1. In many schools, the rot is beginning to set in. Standards are falling all the time...
     很多学校的情况正开始变得越来越糟，教学水平一路下滑。
  2. The country's leaders are unwilling to take unpopular measures to stop the rot.
     该国领导人不愿采取不受欢迎的措施来阻止形势恶化。
• VERB (尤指人在狱中)身心状况越来越糟，萎靡不振，颓废下去
  If you say that someone is being left torotin a particular place, especially in a prison, you mean that they are being left there and their physical and mental condition is being allowed to get worse and worse.
  1. Most governments simply leave the long-term jobless to rot on the dole.
     大多数政府就让那些长期失业的人领着救济金颓废度日。
• N-UNCOUNT 胡说八道;胡扯;蠢话
  If you say that what someone is saying isrot, you mean that they are saying things that are untrue or stupid.
  1. What a load of pompous, pseudo-intellectual rot...
     真是自命不凡的伪知识分子的一派胡言！
  2. You do talk rot!
     你胡扯！
• See also:dry rot

英英释义

noun

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
  Synonym:decompositionrotputrefaction

双语例句

• What a revolting smell of rotting cabbage.
  腐烂卷心菜的气味真令人作呕。
• As he begins to tell you this story, you start picturing Peggy Sue as a rotting corpse.
  在他开始告诉你这些的时候，你开始想象Peggy，Sue是一个腐烂尸体的样子。
• These termites collected their food from rotting vegetation on the ground.
  白蚁从地上腐化了的植物中收集食物。
• The stink of rotting seaweed was strong along the seashore.
  腐烂的海草发出的臭味在海滩边非常浓重。
• I saw children swimming in an old irrigation ditch alongside the rotting carcass of an ox.
  我看到孩子们在腐烂的牛尸旁边旧的灌溉渠里游泳。
• Mixed with soil, leaves, and grass clippings, the rotting food quickly stops smelling.
  用土壤、树叶和除下来的杂草混合，这些正在腐烂的东西的味道会立即消失。
• Because the rotting flesh stank, the feet were powdered to mask the smell.
  如果脚上的肉腐烂发臭，就要在脚上涂矾粉来遮盖气味。
• We turn into pieces of rotting flesh, decaying.
  我们变成一片片腐肉，渐渐腐烂。
• Here huge trunks of fallen timber lie rotting on the ground.
  这里，倒下的巨大树干在地上腐烂。
• Amid the rubble was an inflatable baby pool, a swing and a melon rotting in the summer sun.
  盛夏阳光下的废墟中，可以看到一个充气婴儿泳池、一个秋千和一个正在腐烂的瓜。