decay

英 [dɪ'keɪ] 美 [dɪ'keɪ]

• v. (使)衰退；(使)腐败；(使)腐烂
• n. 衰退；腐烂；腐败

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

decay的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

v. (动词)

1. 衰减，衰减到
2. 腐朽，腐烂，朽
3. 衰弱，衰退，衰落，衰颓，衰败，破败
4. 消瘦，憔悴
5. 凋谢，枯
6. 衰变
7. 使腐朽，使腐烂，使腐坏，使朽坏
8. 使蛀坏，蛀蚀
9. 使衰退，使衰弱

n. (名词)

1. 衰退，衰微，衰弱，衰败
2. 蜕变
3. 腐烂，腐朽，朽
4. 人造卫星重返大气层的日期
5. 衰减
6. 【无线电】衰变
7. 分解，瓦解，解体
8. 蛀牙
9. 腐败、衰退的状态

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]腐烂；腐朽 the process or result of being destroyed by natural causes or by not being cared for
2. [U](社会、机构、制度等的)衰败，衰退 the gradual destruction of a society, an institution, a system, etc.

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)腐烂,(使)腐朽 make or become bad
2. vi. 衰败,衰退,衰落 fall to a lower or worse state;decline

英英释义

Noun:

1. the process of gradually becoming inferior

2. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

3. the organic phenomenon of rotting

4. an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;

   "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"
   "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
   

5. the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

Verb:

1. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current;

   "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
   

2. fall into decay or ruin;

   "The unoccupied house started to decay"
   

3. undergo decay or decomposition;

   "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
   

decay的用法和样例：

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Naomi: Your entire body is begining to decay.
   直美:你的整个身体都在衰退。
2. What made the Roman Empire decay?
   罗马帝国为何衰亡？
3. The dampness of the climate decayed the books.
   气候潮湿，把书都霉坏了。
4. The vegetables have begun to decay.
   那些蔬菜已开始腐烂。

用作名词 (n.)

1. His mental decay is distressing.
   他的智力衰退令人苦恼。
2. Bacteria complete the job by causing decay.
   细菌通过引起腐烂而完成这个变化。
3. The dentist could detect no decay in her teeth.
   牙医检查了她的牙，未见有龋齿。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• bacterial decay 细菌性腐烂
• creeping political decay 政治上的逐渐腐败
• dental decay 牙齿龋蚀
• mental decay 智力衰退
• moral decay 道德沦丧
• premature decay 早衰
• radioactive decay 放射衰败

名词+～

• tooth decay 牙齿龋蚀

经典引文

• If thy brother bee waxen poore, and fallen in decay with thee.

  出自：Bible (AV): Leviticus

• The decay of our civilization,..a break-down of social structures and..a drying-up of the emotional springs of life.

  出自： R. G. Collingwood

• Ancient..families..decayed..into the humble vale of life.

  出自： Sir W. Scott

• Impoverished widows and spinsters of the middle classes..were officially described as 'decayed gentlewomen'.

  出自： John Gloag

decay的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

v.
• rot
• spoil

【反义词】

v.
• flourish
• grow
• progress