putrefy
v.(使)化脓,(使)腐烂,(使)堕落
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putrefy为短语/超纲词汇
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动词过去式:puttrefied 过去分词:puttrefied 现在分词:puttrefying 第三人称单数:puttrefies
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putrefy
/'pju:trɪfaɪ; `pjutrə,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied) [I, Tn] (cause sth to) rot or decay; become or make putrid (使某物)腐烂, 腐败, 腐坏, 变质.
putrefy
v past tense and past participleputrefiedpresent participleputrefyingthird person singularputrefies [I]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: putrefacere, from putrere ( PUTRID) + facere 'to make']
formal if a dead animal or plant putrefies, it decays and smells very bad
>putrefaction [,pjuːtrɪ'fækʃən/