| 词汇 | putrefying |
| 释义 | putrefying present participle ofputrefy putrefy verb[ I ] uk /ˈpjuː.trɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈpjuː.trə.faɪ/ to decay, producing a strong, unpleasant smell: 腐烂 the smell of putrefying flesh腐肉的气味 The body had putrefied beyond recognition.尸体已经腐烂得辨认不出来了。 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fresh best-before date biodegradable biodegrade compost decay decompose moulder mouldy nonperishable nutrient cycling out of date perish putrid rack rotten sell-by date shrivel shrivelled soft rot withered Examples of putrefyingputrefying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The persistence of larvae in putrefying flesh is also determined by the environment: high humidity and low temperatures favour survival. They are attracted to excrement, decaying, putrefying or purulent substances. The ash could even be used as fertilizer, although not as high quality as fertilizer from putrefying manure. Further, one can introduce putrefaction by allowing a material sample to come into contact with putrefying fluids or vapors. Even if putrefying prey were of little interest as a food resource, they may provide the cues that allow the predator to find aggregated patches of live prey. We shall not see any election in our time fought upon these old and, by this time, completely putrefying considerations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The next war, of which people are talking so lightly and for which governments are so blindly preparing, will leave civilisation a smoking ruin and a putrefying charnel house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A seven-foot-tall, slime-covered heap of putrefying protoplasm slithers across the floor on its tentacles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Away from the plastic and putrefying conditions in the cities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Putrefying bacteria is one of the main processes in the nitrogen cycle; other than putrefying bacteria there are denitrifying bacteria, nitrifying bacteria and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vepar can make men die in three days by putrefying sores and wounds, causing worms to breed in them, but if requested by the conjurer she can heal them immediately. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vepar can make men die in three days by putrefying sores and wounds, causing worms to breed in them, but if requested by the conjurer he can heal them immediately. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The two compounds are largely responsible for the foul odor of putrefying flesh, but also contribute to the odor of such processes as bad breath and bacterial vaginosis. 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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