rots

英 [rɒts]

美 [rɑːts]

v.  (使)腐烂，腐败变质
n.  腐烂; 腐败变质; 形势恶化; 废话; 胡说
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柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)腐烂;(使)腐败;(使)变质
  When food, wood, or another substancerots, or when somethingrotsit, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed.
  1. If we don't unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos...
     如果我们不立刻把粮食卸下来，它们就会在筒仓里开始腐烂。
  2. Sugary canned drinks rot your teeth.
     罐装的甜饮料会腐蚀牙齿。
  3. ...the smell of rotting fish.
     鱼变质的气味
• N-UNCOUNT （尤指木制品的）腐烂，腐败，腐朽
  If there isrotin something, especially something that is made of wood, parts of it have decayed and fallen apart.
  1. Investigations had revealed extensive rot in the beams under the ground floor...
     调查发现一层地下的横梁大面积腐烂。
  2. Neither the timber frame nor metal chassis were protected against rot.
     木构架和金属底盘都没有采取防腐措施。
• N-SING （逐步的）恶化，衰败
  You can usethe rotto refer to the way something gradually gets worse. For example, if you are talking about the time whenthe rot set in, you are talking about the time when a situation began to get steadily worse and worse.
  1. In many schools, the rot is beginning to set in. Standards are falling all the time...
     很多学校的情况正开始变得越来越糟，教学水平一路下滑。
  2. The country's leaders are unwilling to take unpopular measures to stop the rot.
     该国领导人不愿采取不受欢迎的措施来阻止形势恶化。
• VERB (尤指人在狱中)身心状况越来越糟，萎靡不振，颓废下去
  If you say that someone is being left torotin a particular place, especially in a prison, you mean that they are being left there and their physical and mental condition is being allowed to get worse and worse.
  1. Most governments simply leave the long-term jobless to rot on the dole.
     大多数政府就让那些长期失业的人领着救济金颓废度日。
• N-UNCOUNT 胡说八道;胡扯;蠢话
  If you say that what someone is saying isrot, you mean that they are saying things that are untrue or stupid.
  1. What a load of pompous, pseudo-intellectual rot...
     真是自命不凡的伪知识分子的一派胡言！
  2. You do talk rot!
     你胡扯！
• See also:dry rot

双语例句

• The vegetable rots away easily in summer.
  夏天里蔬菜容易腐烂。
• Peat, formed when plant matter rots, is a natural carbon store.
  植物组织腐烂形成的泥炭是天然的碳贮藏源。
• I'm gonna put him in jail till the jail rots on top of him.
  我要把他关在监狱里直到监狱倒塌。
• It rots out your nuts.
  它会消尽你的意志。
• And old papers will be stored until it rots.
  古旧的纸张会被保存直至朽坏。
• Without a good family, an individual rots away inside like a corpse without innards.
  没有一个美好的家庭，一个人的心里就如同行尸走肉般腐烂。
• Until it rots or shines.
  直至腐朽或者闪光。
• It has no nutritional value, rots the teeth, and slowly dissolves the digestive tract.
  它没有营养价值，腐烂牙根，并慢慢的腐蚀消化道。
• An important group of fungi attacks the roots, stalks, and ears, causing rots that reduce yield and damage grain quality.
  一组重要的真菌侵害玉米的根，茎和穗，导致产量减少和颗粒质量。
• Plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base.
  植物的茎干从根部开始腐烂。