Rot
[ rɔt ]
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n. 腐烂，腐朽;
vt.& vi. （使）腐烂，（使）腐朽;
📝 例句
Oil and grease will rot the rubber of your tires.
汽油和润滑油会腐蚀你的轮胎。
A strong household bleach might rot the fibres.
强力家用漂白剂可能会破坏衣物的纤维。
By nature trees do rot when they are grown.
树长大了自然要腐朽。
The rot set in when we lost that important customer in Japan.
我们失去了日本的那家重要客户後, 情况越来越糟了.
Some of rubbish rot away over a long time.
有些垃圾时间久了就烂掉了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ root-根,rot-腐烂:树根腐烂了
※ hot-热,rot-腐烂:因为天热,食物腐烂
※ r-拼音“肉”,ot-拼音“呕吐”:这些腐烂的肉让人想呕吐
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-rod-表示“咬”
常见变体有-rot-、-raz-、-ras-
📖 牛津释义
rot
v
(-tt-)
(a) [I, Ip] decay naturally through the action of bacteria, fungi, etc 腐烂; 腐坏
a heap of rotting leaves 一堆腐烂的叶子
The wood has rotted away completely. 那木头已完全朽了.
(fig 比喻) He was thrown into prison and left to rot. 他被关进监牢任其苟延残喘.
(b) [Tn, Tn.p]
cause (sth) to decay or become useless; damage 使（某物）腐烂或无用; 损坏
Oil and grease will rot the rubber of your tyres. 油污能腐蚀轮胎橡胶.
Too much sugar will rot your teeth away. 吃糖太多就要损坏牙齿. rot, n
1 [U] rotting; rottenness 腐烂; 腐坏
a tree affected by rot 枯朽的树
Rot has set in, ie started. 已经逐渐腐烂了.
There's dry rot in the floor. 地板已经朽了.
2 [U] (dated Brit sl 旧, 俚) nonsense; absurd statement(s) or argument(s) 胡说; 谬论
Don't talk such utter rot! 别说这种荒唐话了!
`They're bound to win.' `Rot! They haven't a chance!' ｀他们一定赢.＇｀胡说! 他们毫无希望!＇
3 the rot [sing]
liver disease of sheep （羊的）肝蛭病.
4 (idm 习语) the rot sets `in conditions begin to get worse 情况开始变坏
The rot set in when we lost that important customer in Japan. 我们失去了日本的那家重要客户後, 情况越来越糟了. stop the rot => stop.
🎯 考研助记
树(r)洞(o)里的茶叶(t) 腐烂了
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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Use your head a little, sir!
请用你的脑袋想一想，先生。
Those first words were to change my world.
我最先学会的这些单词改变了我的生活天地。
We had lost the path and had no hope of finding it again.
我们找不到那条小路，而且也没有希望再找到它了。