rotting 音标拼音: [r'ɑtɪŋ]
adj . 腐朽
腐朽
rotting n 1 : (
biology )
the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action [
synonym : {
decomposition }, {
rot }, {
rotting },
{
putrefaction }]
Retting \
Ret "
ting \,
n .
1 .
The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking ,
maceration ,
and kindred processes ; --
also called {
rotting }.
See {
Ret }. --
Ure .
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2 .
A place where flax is retted ;
a rettery . --
Ure .
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Rot \
Rot \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Rotted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Rotting }.] [
OE .
rotien ,
AS .
rotian ;
akin to D .
rotten ,
Prov .
G .
rotten ,
OHG .
rozz ?
n ,
G .
r ["
o ]
sten to steep flax ,
Icel .
rotna to rot ,
Sw .
ruttna ,
Dan .
raadne ,
Icel .
rottin rotten .
[
root ]
117 .
Cf . {
Ret }, {
Rotten }.]
1 .
To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes ,
giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors ;
to become decomposed by a natural process ;
to putrefy ;
to decay .
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Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot ,
To draw nutrition ,
propagate ,
and rot . --
Pope .
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2 .
Figuratively :
To perish slowly ;
to decay ;
to die ;
to become corrupt .
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Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons .
--
Macaulay .
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Rot ,
poor bachelor ,
in your club . --
Thackeray .
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Syn :
To putrefy ;
corrupt ;
decay ;
spoil .
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32 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rotting ":
bad ,
cankered ,
carious ,
corrupt ,
decayed ,
decomposed ,
festering ,
foul ,
gangrened ,
gangrenous ,
gone bad ,
mortified ,
necrosed ,
necrotic ,
peccant ,
putrefacient ,
putrefactive ,
putrefied ,
putrescent ,
putrid ,
rotten ,
saprobic ,
saprogenic ,
saprogenous ,
saprophilous ,
saprophytic ,
septic ,
sphacelated ,
spoiled ,
suppurating ,
suppurative ,
ulcerated
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