decay

decay

英[dɪˈkeɪ]美[dɪˈkeɪ]

v.（使）腐烂，腐朽，衰败；

n.腐烂，腐朽，衰败；

第三人称单数：decays;

过去式：decayed;

过去分词：decayed;

现在分词：decaying;

例句

The wood is treated with preservative to prevent decay.这块木头用防腐剂处理过以防止腐烂。

The timber has started to decay.木材已开始腐烂。

The ancient Egyptians knew ways to preserve dead bodies from decay.古埃及人懂得保存尸体，使之不会腐烂的方法。

The old house fell into decay.那幢旧房子腐朽了。

The house is in decay.这栋房子已经坏了。

Our powers decay in old age.我们的体力在老年时就衰退。

Sugar can decay the teeth.糖能腐蚀牙齿。

The vegetables have begun to decay.那些蔬菜已开始腐烂。

Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth, causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，道致蛀牙。

Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather.建筑物因人为的肆意破坏及日晒雨淋而日益破败。

同义词

vi.

decay的同义词之：腐朽,腐烂;衰败

rotdisintegratecrumblespoil

decay的同义词之：其他释义

perishdecomposerustspoilwearrotdownfallcrumbledeterioratedisintegratelessenblightaddle

反义词

decay的反义词之：

developmentprosperdevelopflourish

同义词解析

以下这些动词均有"烂，腐烂" 的意思

rot：指蔬菜水果或肉类的分解、腐烂。

decay：通常指由良好或完美的状态自然而缓慢地变坏或完全变坏腐烂，或部分地毁坏。

decompose：侧重指动物或植物类物体由于内部组织的分解而导致的腐烂过程。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

(尸体或死去的植物）腐烂，腐朽，腐败;(牙齿）遭蛀蚀

When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.

例句

The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.地上满是腐败的落叶。

VERB

(社会、制度、机构等）衰败，衰退，衰落

If something such as a society, system, or institution decays, it gradually becomes weaker or its condition gets worse.

例句

Popular cinema seems to have decayed...大众电影似乎已经衰落了。Congress has tried dozens of approaches to revitalize decaying urban and rural areas.国会已试行过数十种方法来重振正在走向衰败的城乡地区。

英汉词典释义

vt. & vi.

使腐烂，使腐朽

The vegetables have begun to decay.那些蔬菜已开始腐烂。Sugar can decay the teeth.糖能腐蚀牙齿。

vi.

衰败, 衰退, 衰落

Our powers decay in old age.我们的体力在老年时就衰退。

n.

腐败、衰退的状态

The house is in decay.这栋房子已经坏了。

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the process of gradually becoming inferior

2. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

3. the organic phenomenon of rotting

4. an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;

"the corpse was in an advanced state of decay""the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"

5. the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

Verb

1. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current;

"the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"

2. fall into decay or ruin;

"The unoccupied house started to decay"

3. undergo decay or decomposition;

"The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"

行业词典

医学： 腐化，腐烂：死亡的有机物逐渐分解；衰变，蜕变：衰退的过程或时期，如衰老化；

物理学： 衰变；在原子核物理中又称“蜕变(disintegra-tion)”。；

电力： 衰变；