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 larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.
  家蝇和大苍蝇的幼虫，常见于腐烂的物质。
• Fish and crabs scavenging for decaying tissue and waste products.
  以腐败的机体组织和废物为食的鱼类和螃蟹。
• 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 fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue.
  鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。
• Regions rich in vegetal products; vegetational cover; the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor.
  盛产植物产品的地区；植被；腐烂的植物叶子覆盖了森林的地表。
• 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。
• Widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood.
  广泛分布的可食用的菌类，形状象人的耳朵，生长在腐烂的木头上。
• Decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action.
  由细菌或真菌作用引起的腐败过程。
• I have two decaying teeth.
  我长了两颗蛀牙。
• The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
  地上满是腐败的落叶。