/'pju:trɪd; `pjutrɪd/
adj
1 (a) (esp of animal or vegetable matter) that has become rotten; decomposed （尤指动物或蔬菜之机体）腐烂的, 腐败的.
(b) (rotting and therefore) foul-smelling; noxious （因腐烂）发臭的, 有害的, 有毒的
*a pile of rotten, putrid fish 一堆腐烂、发臭的鱼
* the putrid smell of rotting fish 腐烂的鱼发出的臭味.
2 (infml 口) very distasteful or unpleasant or of poor quality 令人厌恶的; 使人不愉快的; 不好的
*putrid weather 很坏的天气
* Why did you paint the room that putrid colour? 你怎么把房间刷成那么难看的颜色?

adj
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: putridus, from putrere 'to have decayed', from puter, putris 'decayed']
dead animals, plants etc that are putrid are decaying and smell very bad
　the putrid smells from the slaughterhouses
informal very unpleasant
　a putrid green colour