decayer
基本解釋
- v.(使)衰退;(使)腐?。?使)腐爛
- n.衰退;腐爛;腐敗
詞源解說
- 15世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語,直接源自古法語的decair,意為爛掉。
用法辨析
- decay的基本意思是通過化學(xué)變化而“(使)腐爛,(使)腐朽”??捎脕肀扔饕蝮w力、精力、活力或影響力等的喪失而“衰敗,衰退,衰落”至一個較原來低或差的狀態(tài),此時只用作不及物動詞。
v. (動詞)
英漢例句
- The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration.
如果經(jīng)過適當(dāng)?shù)睦洳兀@些肉本來不至于腐爛掉。 - The cabbages had already started to decay.
卷心菜已經(jīng)開始爛了。 - Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.
污染已腐蝕了教堂前部的石頭雕塑。 - She smelt the unpleasantly sweet smell of decaying meat.
她聞到了肉類腐爛發(fā)出的變質(zhì)臭味。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+ ~+n./pron.
其他
詞組短語
- bacterial decay 細(xì)菌性腐爛
- creeping political decay 政治上的逐漸腐敗
- dental decay 牙齒齲蝕
- mental decay 智力衰退
- moral decay 道德淪喪