decaying是什么意思？

decaying

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• v. （使）腐烂，腐朽( decay的现在分词 )，衰败，衰退，衰落；

例句

• I saw that rusting bulkheads and decaying decks had given way during the winter. 我看见生锈的舱壁和朽坏的舱面已在冬季坍塌.
• Humus is dead, decaying organic matter. NOT inorganic fertilizer. 腐殖质是已死的 、 腐烂中的有机物质. 而不是无机肥料.
• They believe that the humic materials are leached from decaying plant materials. 他们认为腐植物料是从腐烂的植物体浸沥而来.
• Overhead, grayish - white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云, 同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里.
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食.
• ...families marooned in decaying inner-city areas. 无法脱离日益衰败的内城区的家庭
• ...a decaying tractor, red with rust... 锈迹斑斑的破拖拉机
• They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter. 它们大多以腐烂的蔬菜为食。
• Slugs feed on decaying plant and animal material. 蛞蝓以腐烂的动植物为食。
• 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。

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。