rot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɒt/|/ɹɔt/    美 /ɹɑt/|/ɹɔt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction. countable,uncountable
  2. Decaying matter. countable,uncountable
    — When a turkey vulture detects the scent of rot, it circles down, tracing the plume of chemicals to its source.
  3. Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs. countable,in-compounds,uncountable
    — His cattle must of rot and murrain die.
  4. Verbal nonsense. uncountable
    — You're talking rot! I don't believe a word.
动词 v.
  1. To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. intransitive
    — The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.
  2. To decline in function or utility. intransitive
    — Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!
  3. To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt. ambitransitive
  4. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes. transitive
    — to rot vegetable fiber
  5. To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state). figuratively,intransitive
    — to rot in prison
  6. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret. transitive
  7. To talk nonsense. dated,slang
    — “Did they hang you well?” said Porson. “Don’t rot,” said Mr Watkins; “I don’t like it.”
  8. Damn; blast. imperative,slang,transitive
    — "Oh rot yer!" exclaimed Fank, with a sudden flare of passion that at least carried with it the dignity of a genuine emotion; "I've had just abart enough of you and your blinkin' game, Toady Joolby. Here, I'd sooner smash the bloody thing, straight, than be such a ruddy mug as to swallow any of your blahsted promises […]"

词形变化

rots present,singular,third-person rotting participle,present rotted participle,past rotted past rots plural

词汇关系

近义词
putrefy molder
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English roten, rotten, from Old English rotian (“to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy”), from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”).
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English roten, rotten, from Old English rotian (“to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy”), from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”).
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