| 词汇 | moulder |
| 释义 | moulder verb[ I ] UK(USmolder)uk /ˈməʊl.dər/ us /ˈmoʊl.dɚ/ to decay slowly: 腐烂 I found these apples mouldering in the cupboard.我发现放在碗橱里的这些苹果烂了。 Synonym rot to be left somewhere and not used or cared for: 废弃 There's an old bike that's been mouldering away in the shed for years.车棚里有辆废弃了多年的旧自行车。 Decaying and staying fresh best-before date biodegradable biodegrade compost decay decompose mouldy nonperishable nutrient cycling out of date perish perishable rack seed sell-by date shrivel shrivelled soft rot spoil withered You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Neglecting and ignoring Examples of mouldermoulder Other times, it might take age-long trawls through ancient and mouldering volumes at your local library, much to the annoyance of any present librarians and allergy sufferers. Have we not got enough cathedrals without propping up our old, mouldering monasteries? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The light, castings moulder has a dispute with his employer, but the heavy castings moulder has not, and he is not deprived of unemployment benefit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Take the case of the light castings moulder and the heavy castings moulder, which are totally different industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Take an engineering shop, where engineers and moulders were employed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, a house or a painting, for example, can moulder away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have seen so many committees of inquiry that have produced reports which moulder in pigeon-holes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For instance, moulders require very strong boots, overalls and thing of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of these men obtained employment as general or builder's labourers, but others secured work as miners, joiners, engineers, pattern makers, moulders and rubber spreaders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The moulders cannot keep up with the demand for rones, pipes, bends and specials. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are short of men for capstan and automatic machines, skilled instrument makers, assemblers and moulders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an unhappy fact that most reports commissioned by governments, whatever their political complexions, gather dust until they moulder and are completely forgotten. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are trapped in these crumbling, mouldering tenements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nets on which they spent money which the could ill afford still moulder away in sheds, useless and almost valueless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is to draw attention not to the major masters of these two galleries but to the large number of pictures mouldering in their cellars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of moulder These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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