单词 | putrid |
释义 | putridWord family adjectiveputrefacientputrefactiveputrefiableputrescentputrescibleputridnounputrefactionputrescenceputrescineputridityadverbputridlyverbputrefy Biologypu·trid /ˈpjuːtrɪd/ adjectiveadj 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 Corpus putrid• 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. (1400-1500) Latin putridus, from putrere “to have decayed”, from puter, putris “decayed” |
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