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
rot的第三人称单数和复数

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

• Animal flesh that rots is attractive to vultures.
  动物腐烂的肉体对兀鹰很有吸引力。
• Another consideration is that ROTs may evolve over time.
  另一方面的考虑是，ROT可能随着时间的推移而演变。
• Rubbish such as glass, iron and plastic rots away over a long period of time.
  像玻璃、铁和塑料这样的垃圾要好长时间才会烂掉。
• The vegetable rots away easily in summer.
  夏天里蔬菜容易腐烂。
• ARMAND: Two vampires from the new world, come to guide us into the new era as all we love slowly rots and fades away.
  阿尔芒：两个吸血鬼，从新世界来，指引我们进入新的纪元，我们都将慢慢腐烂，慢慢消逝。
• In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid.
  同时，所有的吃进的食物腐烂并发酵，转化为酸。
• Until it rots or shines.
  直至腐朽或者闪光。
• Plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base.
  植物的茎干从根部开始腐烂。
• As a landfill rots away, it can be re-filled.
  在垃圾腐烂分解后，填埋场可以重新用于填埋垃圾。
• In autumn, edible fruit is so plentiful that it rots on the vine.
  秋天，可以吃的果实多的摘不完，烂在藤上。