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 fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue.
  鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。
• Decaying forces give way to new rising forces.
  腐朽的势力让位于新生的势力。
• 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。
• 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。
• The process of mixing decaying leaves, manure and other nutritive matter to improve and fertilize soil.
  混合腐朽的叶子、肥料和其它营养物质的过程，以改善和增加土壤肥力。
• The phosphorescent glow of decaying wood.
  腐烂木头发出的磷光。
• Mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation.
  象蚊子一样的昆虫，其幼虫吃真菌或腐烂的植物。
• Decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action.
  由细菌或真菌作用引起的腐败过程。
• I have a decaying tooth.
  我有一颗蛀牙。
• 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。