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

• I'm gonna put him in jail till the jail rots on top of him.
  我要把他关在监狱里直到监狱倒塌。
• 'Oh! Durian rots.'Jacket's mother Susan cries out.
  “哦！榴莲坏了。”杰克的妈妈苏珊说。
• Too much television rots your brain.
  多看电视会使你的头脑退化。
• 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。
• Animal flesh that rots is attractive to vultures.
  动物腐烂的肉体对兀鹰很有吸引力。
• Peat, formed when plant matter rots, is a natural carbon store.
  植物组织腐烂形成的泥炭是天然的碳贮藏源。
• 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 body rots, melts into slime.
  尸体腐烂，分解在烂泥里。
• To be rubbed by time until it rots or shines.
  随着岁月的消磨不是燃烧，就是腐烂。
• 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。