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

• 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。
• The body rots, melts into slime.
  尸体腐烂，分解在烂泥里。
• In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid.
  同时，所有的吃进的食物腐烂并发酵，转化为酸。
• Too much television rots your brain.
  多看电视会使你的头脑退化。
• It is important to keep in mind the fact that ROTs are useful only for rough estimating, but not for detailed analysis.
  记住这样一个事实很重要，即ROT只对于粗略的估计有用，而对于详细的分析用处不大。
• It may be useful to start with ROTs that have been used or developed outside your particular environment.
  一开始的时候，使用那些在您特定环境以外被使用过或者被开发出来的ROT，这种做法可能有用。
• It rots out your nuts.
  它会消尽你的意志。
• Plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base.
  植物的茎干从根部开始腐烂。
• ROTs should be developed for your environment ( or adjusted to suit the characteristics of your environment).
  您应该为自己的环境特别开发这些ROT（或者对它们进行调节，以适应自己的环境的特性）。
• More importantly, they keep acquiring stuff that cannot be consumed and never rots or rusts: plastic toys, metal garden furniture, porcelain knick-knacks.
  更重要的是，他们所得到的东西还在不断增加，像塑料玩具、金属制的花园家具、瓷质的小玩意儿等这类物品既不能消费也永远不会腐烂或生锈。