rot
- v.（由于细菌或霉菌作用而）（使）腐烂，（使）腐坏;（因使用日久或受腐蚀等而）（使）腐朽，（使）破损;（使）腐败，腐化，堕落;(使)腐败变质;打趣，开玩笑;（因被幽禁、缺乏活动等而）变得憔悴，失去活力;（尤指人在狱中）身心状况越来越糟，萎靡不振，颓废下去;走向毁灭;（社会、制度等因缺乏活力等而）逐渐衰败;〈俚〉搞糟
- n.腐烂，腐坏;腐朽，破损;腐败，腐化，堕落;蠢话，胡说，废话;（植物的）枯死;腐蹄病;腐烂物;蠢事，荒唐事;形势恶化;肝（双盘）吸虫病;消耗性病;羊肝蛭病 ;一连串的失败;腐朽的事物
复数： rots 过去式： rotted 现在分词： rotting 过去分词： rotted 第三人称单数： rots
rotverb
（使）腐烂，腐败变质
to decay, or make sth decay, naturally and gradually
rotting leaves
渐渐腐烂的叶子
The window frame had rotted away completely.
窗框已经完全烂掉了。
prisoners thrown in jail and left to rot
投入大牢后就无人过问的囚犯
Too much sugar will rot your teeth.
吃糖太多，就会出现蛀牙。
noun
腐烂；腐败变质
the process or state of decaying and falling apart
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。
形势恶化
used to describe the fact that a situation is getting worse
The rot set in last 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 rot if 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。
废话；胡说
nonsense; silly things that sb says
Don't talk such rot!
别说废话！
rot
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V-ERG (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.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。
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N-UNCOUNT （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。
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N-SING （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.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。
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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 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.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 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.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！
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See also:dry rot
noun
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- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- Synonym: bunk bunkum buncombe guff hogwash
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- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- Synonym: decomposition rotting putrefaction
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- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
- Synonym: putrefaction
verb
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- become physically weaker
- Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
- Synonym: waste
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- break down
- The bodies decomposed in the heat
- Synonym: decompose molder moulder
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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。
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The roof sagged at one corner , where the ceiling beams had snapped with rot
房顶的一角塌了下来，那里的天花板横梁已经腐烂断裂了。
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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。
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The rot set in last year when they reorganized the department .
去年他们重组这个部门时，衰败就开始了。
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The team should manage to stop the rot if 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。
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Too much sugar will rot your teeth .
吃糖太多，就会出现蛀牙。
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The window frame had rotted away completely .
窗框已经完全烂掉了。
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The roof timbers were affected by rot and insect attack .
屋顶的木料已经腐朽并遭虫害。
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Don 't talk such rot !
别说废话！
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Ants scurried around the pile of rotting food .
蚂蚁围着那堆腐烂的食物跑来跑去。
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Being paper money , it rotted away mighty fast .
由于是纸币，所以烂得很快。
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Condensation will eventually cause the fabric of the building to rot away .
冷凝作用将最终使建筑结构腐朽掉。
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Rot is eating away the interior of the house
房子内部正逐渐受到侵蚀。
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The grain just rotted and all they could use it for was animal feed .
谷物完全烂掉了，他们能将其派上的唯一用场就是作动物饲料。
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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。
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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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We were not in the least worried about the possibility that sweets could rot the teeth
我们以前完全不担心吃糖果有可能会蛀牙。
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It is absolutely scandalous that a fantastic building like this is just left to rot away .
一栋如此气势辉煌的大楼就任其腐朽颓败，令人满腔愤慨。
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You do talk rot !
你胡扯！
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The pillars rotted away and were replaced .
柱子完全腐烂以后换了新的。
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A village 's entire beach and harbor can be fouled by a single rotting whale
一只腐烂的死鲸就足以弄脏一个村子的整片海滩和港口。
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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。
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Sugary canned drinks rot your teeth .
罐装的甜饮料会腐蚀牙齿。
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Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot
戳一戳窗台板看看有没有朽烂的迹象。
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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！
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The stench from rotting food is stomach-churning .
腐烂食物散发的臭味让人反胃。
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The government simply left the unemployed to rot on the dole .
政府只是让那些失业者靠领取救济金颓废度日。
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The continued rain will rot the wood .
连绵的雨会使木头烂掉。
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In such wet weather we must prevent the seedlings from rotting .
这样的阴雨天要防止烂秧。
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The root of the tree rotted away .
树根烂了。
指（使）某物逐渐腐烂或建筑、地区等破败、衰坏；也可用于抽象概念，表示衰败、衰落。
The dampness of the climate caused the fruits to decay.
气候潮湿，水果都霉烂了。
Meat decays easily.
肉类很容易腐烂。
Two of my teeth decayed from lack of care.
由于不注意保护牙齿，我长了两颗蛀牙。
These buildings were left to decay.
这些建筑被听任破败下去。
The Roman Empire began to decay.
罗马帝国开始衰败。
指死去的动植物腐烂，常会产生毒气和臭味。
The dead fish laid putrefying under that tree.
那条死鱼在树下慢慢腐烂。
The body had putrefied beyond recognition.
尸体已经腐烂得辨认不出来了。
主要指由于自然变化而分解、腐烂，可有臭味也可没有臭味，引申则指人颓废、萎靡不振。
The continued rain will rot the wood.
连绵的雨会使木头烂掉。
The government simply left the unemployed to rot on the dole.
政府只是让那些失业者靠领取救济金颓废度日。