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/rɒ̱t/
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)腐烂;(使)腐败;(使)变质 When food, wood, or another substance rots, or when something rots it, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed.
  [V]
  [V n]
  [V-ing]
  • 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。

  • Sugary canned drinks rot your teeth.

    罐装的甜饮料会腐蚀牙齿。

  • ...the smell of rotting fish.

    鱼变质的气味

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    [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指木制品的)腐烂,腐败,腐朽 If there is rot in something, especially something that is made of wood, parts of it have decayed and fallen apart.
  • 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。

  • 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。

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    [N-SING 单数名词](逐步的)恶化,衰败 You can use the rot to refer to the way something gradually gets worse. For example, if you are talking about the time when the rot set in, you are talking about the time when a situation began to get steadily worse and worse.
      [the N]
  • 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。

  • 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。

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    [VERB 动词](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 to rot in 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.
      [V prep]
      [Also V]
  • 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。

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    [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]胡说八道;胡扯;蠢话 If you say that what someone is saying is rot, you mean that they are saying things that are untrue or stupid.
      [disapproval]
      [BRIT 英]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
      [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
  • 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!

  • You do talk rot!

    你胡扯!

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    See also:
    dry rot
    相关词组:
    rot away

    Oxford
    rot / rɒt ; NAmE rɑːt /
    verb
    ,
    noun
    rot rots rotted rotting
    verb ( -tt- ) [intransitive ,  transitive ] to decay, or make sth decay, naturally and gradually (使)腐烂,腐败变质 SYN
    decompose
    rotting leaves 渐渐腐烂的叶子 rot(away) The window frame had rotted away completely. 窗框已经完全烂掉了。 ( figurative) prisoners thrown in jail and left to rot 投入大牢后就无人过问的囚犯 rotsth Too much sugar will rot your teeth. 吃糖太多,就会出现蛀牙。 see also
    rotten
    adj.  (1 )
    noun [uncountable ] 1 the process or state of decaying and falling apart 腐烂;腐败变质 The wood must not get damp as rot can quickly result. 木头不能受潮,否则很快就会烂掉。 see also
    dry rot
     (1 )
    2 the rot used to describe the fact that a situation is getting worse 形势恶化 The rot set inlast year when they reorganized the department. 去年他们重组这个部门时,衰败就开始了。 The team should manage to stop the rotif they play well this week. 如果球队本周比赛表现好,他们应该能够阻止形势的恶化。 3 ( old-fashioned) ( BrE) nonsense; silly things that sb says 废话;胡说 SYN
    rubbish
    Don't talk such rot! 别说这样的废话!
    rot / rɒt ; NAmE rɑːt /
    LDC
    rot1 verb
    rot2 noun
    rotrot1 /rɒt $ rɑːt/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle rotted, present participle rotting)
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    1[intransitive, transitive] to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this:  Candy will rot your teeth. The trees were cut and left to rot.rot away All the woodwork was rotting away.2rot in hell/jail to suffer or be punished for a long time – used especially when you are angry with someone:  I hope the people who did this rot in hell.
    rot1 verb
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    1[uncountable] the natural process of decaying, or the part of something that has decayed:  the smell of rot wood that is soft with rot
    dry rot
    2[singular, uncountable] a state in which something becomes bad or does not work as well as it should:  He criticized the talk shows as ‘cultural rot’.stop the rot British English (=stop a bad situation getting worse) The team has enough good players to stop the rot.the rot set in British English (=a situation started to get worse) It was after he left the company that the rot set in.3[uncountable] British English old-fashioned nonsense:  You do talk rot!
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