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”

词汇	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”
随便看	Grammar-topic gerund Grammar-topic gradable Grammar-topic gradable Grammar-topic grammar Grammar-topic grammar Grammar-topic grammarian Grammar-topic grammarian Grammar-topic grammatical Grammar-topic grammatical Grammar-topic historic present Grammar-topic historic present Grammar-topic homonym Grammar-topic homonym Grammar-topic homophone Grammar-topic homophone Grammar-topic imperative Grammar-topic imperative Grammar-topic imperative Grammar-topic imperative Grammar-topic impersonal Grammar-topic impersonal Grammar-topic indefinite article Grammar-topic indefinite article Grammar-topic independent clause Grammar-topic independent clause 楼面楼馆榀概概况概念概念化概念车概括概括性概数概查概状概率概率论概略概算概莫能外概要概见概观概览概言之概论概说