rot
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.
- 2.
(intransitive)To decline in function or utility.
Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!
- 3.
(ambitransitive)To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- 4.
(transitive)To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
to rot vegetable fiber
- 5.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
to rot in prison
to rot in Hell
If I hadn't rotted in bed all day I would've come...
- 6.
(transitive)To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- 7.
(dated, slang)To talk nonsense.
- 8.
(imperative, slang, transitive)Damn; blast.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)Decaying matter.
- 3.
(countable, in compounds, uncountable)(chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- 4.
(uncountable)Verbal nonsense.
You're talking rot! I don't believe a word.
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Nguồn gốc từ
Middle English roten, rotten, from Old English rotian (to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy), from *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (to rot).