rot
单词辨析：
指（使）某物逐渐腐烂或建筑、地区等破败、衰坏；也可用于抽象概念，表示衰败、衰落。
The dampness of the climate caused the fruits to decay.
气候潮湿，水果都霉烂了。
Meat decays easily.
肉类很容易腐烂。
Two of my teeth decayed from lack of care.
由于不注意保护牙齿，我长了两颗蛀牙。
These buildings were left to decay.
这些建筑被听任破败下去。
The Roman Empire began to decay.
罗马帝国开始衰败。
指死去的动植物腐烂，常会产生毒气和臭味。
The dead fish laid putrefying under that tree.
那条死鱼在树下慢慢腐烂。
The body had putrefied beyond recognition.
尸体已经腐烂得辨认不出来了。
主要指由于自然变化而分解、腐烂，可有臭味也可没有臭味，引申则指人颓废、萎靡不振。
The continued rain will rot the wood.
连绵的雨会使木头烂掉。
The government simply left the unemployed to rot on the dole.
政府只是让那些失业者靠领取救济金颓废度日。
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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。
Rot is eating away the interior of the house
房子内部正逐渐受到侵蚀。
It is absolutely scandalous that a fantastic building like this is just left to rot away.
一栋如此气势辉煌的大楼就任其腐朽颓败，令人满腔愤慨。
We were not in the least worried about the possibility that sweets could rot the teeth
我们以前完全不担心吃糖果有可能会蛀牙。
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！
Some of rubbish rot away over a long time.
有些垃圾时间久了就烂掉了。