decay的意思
vt.& vi. （使）腐烂，腐朽；
vi. 衰败，衰退，衰落；
n. 腐败、衰退的状态；
decay的用法
用作名词(n.)
The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration.
如果经过适当的冷藏，这些肉本来不至于腐烂掉。
The decay had not proceeded very far.
腐烂的还不算厉害。
The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.
尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词
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The cabbages had already started to decay.
卷心菜已经开始烂了。
They claimed that the plastics wouldn't decay if they were buried.
他们声称塑料被埋起来就不会腐烂。
Facilities built in the 1960s have started to decay.
建于20世纪60年代的设施开始损坏了。
用作及物动词
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Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.
污染已腐蚀了教堂前部的石头雕塑。
其他
She smelt the unpleasantly sweet smell of decaying meat.
她闻到了肉类腐烂发出的变质臭味。
decay的用法例句
1. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.
牙斑如果不清除就会导致牙齿蛀蚀和牙龈疾病。
2. There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.
存在城市衰败和帮派暴力的问题。
3. The phosphate was deposited by the decay of marine microorganisms.
海洋微生物腐烂后沉积形成磷酸盐。
4. The landlord had let the building fall into decay .
房东不管，房子已经破烂不堪。
5. The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration.
如果经过适当的冷藏,这些肉本来不至于腐烂掉.
6. Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth, causing decay.
细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上, 导致蛀牙.
