putrescent
英 [pjuː'tres(ə)nt]
美[vɪ'trɛsnt]
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释义
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).
英英释意
- 1. becoming putrid;
- "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"