putrescent的意思

putrescent

英式音标[vɪ'trɛsnt]
美式英标[pjuː'tres(ə)nt]

基本解释

adj. 腐败的；正在腐烂的

英文词源

putrescent (adj.): 1732, a back-formation from putrescence, or else from Latin putrescentem (nominative putrescens), present participle of putrescere "grow rotten, moulder, decay," inchoative of putrere "be rotten" (see putrid).

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