| 词汇 | mouldering |
| 释义 | mouldering present participle ofmoulder 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fresh best-before date biodegradable biodegrade compost decay decompose moulder mouldy nonperishable nutrient cycling out of date perish putrid rack rotten sell-by date shrivel shrivelled soft rot withered You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Neglecting and ignoring Examples of moulderingmouldering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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 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 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 All these plans, excellent though they are, are mouldering away, getting covered with dust, so far as one knows, and we are lacking a decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their equipment was sold, dumped or left mouldering in warehouses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are no longer kept mouldering for 18 months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If, when you get to the end of the queue, there is nothing to buy except tangerines mouldering in a shabby pyramid? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can we afford to leave things as they are, mouldering and ever lower in standard? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If this does not happen, these books w ill go on mouldering away, some of them in the basement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know, that, unfortunately, expedited decisions are often bad ones and delays are not always due to papers mouldering in in-trays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then they see it—something mouldering in the corner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These people are not allowed any occupation and hardly any recreation; they are mouldering in these camps, and becoming more and more bitter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it would surely be better than mouldering on with 3 million unemployed or more, and only an unusable virility symbol at the end of the tunnel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have saddened me to see dust and rust where once hummed a rousing town; hundreds where were thousands; tumbledown cabins, mouldering warehouses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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