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rot

/rot/US // rɒt //UK // (rɒt) //

腐烂,腐败,腐蚀,腐化

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v.无主动词 verb
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    rot·ted, rot·ting.

    • : to undergo decomposition; decay.
    • : to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay.
    • : to languish, as in confinement.
    • : to become morally corrupt or offensive.
v.有主动词 verb
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    rot·ted, rot·ting.

    • : to cause to rot: Dampness rots wood.
    • : to cause moral decay in; cause to become morally corrupt.
    • : to ret.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the process of rotting.
    • : the state of being rotten; decay; putrefaction: the rot of an old house.
    • : rotting or rotten matter: the rot and waste of a swamp.
    • : moral or social decay or corruption.
    • : Pathology. any disease characterized by decay.
    • : Plant Pathology. any of various forms of decay produced by fungi or bacteria.any disease so characterized.
    • : Veterinary Pathology. a bacterial infection of sheep and cattle characterized by decay of the hoofs, caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in cattle and Bacteroides nodosus in sheep.
    • : nonsense.
interj.感叹词 interjection
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    Synonyms & Antonyms

    verbcorrode, deteriorate
    Forms: rotted, rotting

    Examples

    • After hearing her story, he inspected the steps and noticed signs of rot.

    • And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.

    • So Little Snow White lay in the coffin for a long, long time but did not rot.

    • Gary has been broken for a while, and it looks like much of it has been left to rot.

    • And the willingness to dump on British women in the name of Sharia law is a rot that runs up and down the length of society.

    • As ever, he talked too big (it was an election year) about withdrawing from Iraq with honor and all that rot.

    • Some of the cut grass looks as if it were Flax spread out to rot, and all of it evinces a want of shelter.

    • He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.

    • As for Homer Smith, his carcase might rot in the desert of Arizona, or anywhere, for aught he cared.

    • When your letters are disbelieved 403 it makes you angry, and that is rot; and I wish I could keep out of it with all my soul.

    • Them's the very words I said; they all heard me; and the country may rot for all me—I'll never vote agin as long as I live.