单词 | putrid |
释义 | Related topics: Biologypu·trid /ˈpjuːtrɪd/ adjective 1 HBdead animals, plants etc that are putrid are decaying and smell very bad 〔死去的动植物〕腐烂的,腐臭的 the putrid smells from the slaughterhouses 屠宰场散发出的腐臭味2 informalUNPLEASANT very unpleasant 令人非常不愉快的 a putrid green colour 难看的绿色Examples from the Corpusputrid• The air settled for sundown, the house again putrid and airless.• Poisoned wells, putrid carcases slung over the walls.• Random flashes of light: putrid green, violent orange, hellish red, shot through the swarming darkness.• It is a putrid pink colour.• a putrid smell• Just another scheme from the putrid sore of the northwest.• Gao Ma knew that the lane beyond the southern wall dead-ended at a noodle mill alongside a ditch of putrid stagnant water.Origin putrid (1400-1500) Latin putridus, from putrere “to have decayed”, from puter, putris “decayed”pu·trid adjectiveChineseSyllable are putrid Corpus animals, that etc dead plants |
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