[di'kei]
decay
n. 衰退,腐败
v. 衰退,腐败

词形变化:

名词:decayer 动词过去式:decayed 过去分词:decayed 现在分词:decaying 第三人称单数:decays

例句与用法:

  1. The dentist could detect no decay in her teeth.
    牙医检查了她的牙, 未见有龋齿.
  2. A source of spreading corruption or decay.
    腐败的原因传布腐败或腐朽的根源
  3. Death and decay of body tissue, often occurring in a limb, caused by insufficient blood supply and usually following injury or disease.
    坏疽软组织坏死或衰退,经常由供血不足和紧接着的受伤或疾病而发生在四肢
  4. What made the Roman Empire decay?
    罗马帝国为何衰亡?
  5. The dampness of the climate decayed the books.
    气候潮湿,把书都霉坏了。

英英解释:

名词 decay:

  1. the process of gradually becoming inferior
  2. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
  3. 同义词:decline
  4. the organic phenomenon of rotting
  5. 同义词:decomposition
  6. an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
  7. the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
  8. 同义词:radioactive decay, disintegration

动词 decay:

  1. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
  2. 同义词:disintegrate, decompose
  3. fall into decay or ruin
  4. 同义词:crumble, delapidate
  5. undergo decay or decomposition