putrefy

Word family adjectiveputrefacientputrefactiveputrefiableputrescentputrescibleputridnounputrefactionputrescenceputrescineputridityadverbputridlyverbputrefy

Related topics: Biology

pu·tre·fy /ˈpjuːtrəfaɪ/ verb (putrefied, putrefying, putrefies) [intransitiveI]

formalHB if a dead animal or plant putrefies, it decays and smells very bad 〔死去的动植物〕腐烂

—putrefaction /ˌpjuːtrəˈfækʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

putrefy• Two days dead, the body was beginning to putrefy and the stench made both Benjamin and myself gag.

Origin putrefy

(1400-1500) Latin putrefacere, from putrere ( → PUTRID) + facere “to make”

单词	putrefy
释义	putrefy Word family adjectiveputrefacientputrefactiveputrefiableputrescentputrescibleputridnounputrefactionputrescenceputrescineputridityadverbputridlyverbputrefy Related topics: Biology pu·tre·fy /ˈpjuːtrəfaɪ/ verb (putrefied, putrefying, putrefies) [intransitiveI] formalHB if a dead animal or plant putrefies, it decays and smells very bad 〔死去的动植物〕腐烂 —putrefaction /ˌpjuːtrəˈfækʃən/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus putrefy• Two days dead, the body was beginning to putrefy and the stench made both Benjamin and myself gag. Origin putrefy (1400-1500) Latin putrefacere, from putrere ( → PUTRID) + facere “to make”
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