rot away
基本解释
- 爛掉；腐爛
英汉例句
- Studies of landfills suggest they may take centuries to rot away.
垃圾填埋區的研究顯示它們可能要花上幾個世紀才會完全腐爛。 - The old man suffered from serious stomach trouble and began to rot away.
這位老人患有嚴重的胃病，竝逐漸消瘦。 - He was such a good dog, though, and I hate to see him rot away. But I'm also tired of carrying him around with me in a sack, lugging him into the freezer morning and night.
他是一條那麽好的狗，我不願看著他就這麽爛掉，但我也厭倦了把他裝進麻袋隨身帶著，每天早晚還要把袋子搬進冰箱裡。 - If there is only a small amount of rot, the dead material can be cut away.
- The club continues to force feed the model of perennial contention as it watches the core rot away.
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