decaying

英 [dɪˈkeɪɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈkeɪɪŋ]

v.  (使)腐烂，腐朽; (建筑、地方等)破败，衰落，衰败; (力量、影响等)衰弱，衰退，衰减
decay的现在分词

现在分词：decaying　

BNC.13944 / COCA.14659

柯林斯词典

• VERB (尸体或死去的植物）腐烂，腐朽，腐败;(牙齿）遭蛀蚀
  When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a toothdecays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  1. The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...
     埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。
  2. The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
     地上满是腐败的落叶。
  3. Decayis also a noun.
     
  4. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.
     牙斑如果不清除就会导致牙齿蛀蚀和牙龈疾病。
• VERB (社会、制度、机构等）衰败，衰退，衰落
  If something such as a society, system, or institutiondecays, it gradually becomes weaker or its condition gets worse.
  1. Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
     大众电影似乎已经衰落了。
  2. Congress has tried dozens of approaches to revitalize decaying urban and rural areas.
     国会已试行过数十种方法来重振正在走向衰败的城乡地区。
  3. Decayis also a noun.
     
  4. There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.
     存在城市衰败和帮派暴力的问题。

双语例句

• The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
  地上满是腐败的落叶。
• They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter.
  它们大多以腐烂的蔬菜为食。
• I have a decaying tooth.
  我有一颗蛀牙。
• From the facts, we deduced that the Empire was decaying.
  从这些事实我们推断这个帝国正在衰退。
• A new intoxication of loneliness, among decaying, frost-cold leaves.
  一种新的对孤独的陶醉，在腐烂、霜冷的树叶中间。
• A new algorithm to eliminate the decaying direct current ( DC) component from fault currents is presented.
  提出一种从故障电流信号中消除衰减直流分量的新算法。
• My husband, who was apparently decaying, as I observed, was at last prevailed with.
  我丈夫，很明显他已经衰颓下去了，最后终于被我说服了。
• The smell of decaying meat overpowered Crompton. The rotten meat stunk up the whole house.
  腐肉的臭味使克朗普顿受不了。腐烂了的肉使整个房间充满了臭味。
• Not only can vermin arise from decaying matter but that lice can originate form sweat.
  不仅从腐烂的物质中能产生寄生虫，而且从汗液中能产生虱子。
• A fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter.
  在各种潮湿的或腐烂的有机物质表面生长的菌类。