decayed / dɪˈkeɪ /

腐烂的腐朽的衰败的腐烂

decayed3 个定义

v. 无主动词 verb
  1. to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
  2. to decline in excellence, prosperity, health, etc.; deteriorate.
  3. Physics. to change spontaneously into one or more different nuclei in a process in which atomic particles, as alpha particles, are emitted from the nucleus, electrons are captured or lost, or fission takes place.
v. 有主动词 verb
  1. to cause to decay or decompose; rot: The dampness of the climate decayed the books.
n. 名词 noun
  1. decomposition; rot: Decay made the wood unsuitable for use.
  2. a gradual falling into an inferior condition; progressive decline: the decay of international relations; the decay of the Aztec civilizations.
  3. decline in or loss of strength, health, intellect, etc.: His mental decay is distressing.

decayed 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

rotten, falling apart

更多decayed例句

  1. The best way to estimate the age of a planet’s surface is to analyze its rocks, using the radioactive decay of its elements as a geologic clock.
  2. The researchers hoped to use it to simulate false vacuum decay and bubble collisions.
  3. Planets heated their original rocks with the decay of radioactive elements, collisions with asteroids or other planets, and with the leftover heat of their own formation.
  4. A limited quantum computer, it specializes in solving optimization problems by letting qubits seek out the lowest-energy configuration available — a process not unlike false vacuum decay.
  5. Because for every hydrocarbon atom that goes into the Earth, an oxygen atom is not used up in the decay process.
  6. An early autumn sun lit up cobblestone streets, tall acacia trees, and handsome and nearly all decayed 19th-century buildings.
  7. This may be the region where Islam was born, but it is also the place where Islam has lately festered and decayed.
  8. It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
  9. Some half-decayed pieces of cloth and portions of wearing apparel were still lying in it.
  10. Lincoln Castle, much decayed and ruinous, is an appropriate feature of one of the public parks.
  11. Two miles from Winchelsea is Rye, another of the decayed seaports of the southeast coast.
  12. On an isolated mountain was situated the famous old fortress of Assergur, from which arose two half-decayed minarets.