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词汇 decayed
释义 decayed
past simple and past participle ofdecay
decay
verb
uk /dɪˈkeɪ/ us /dɪˈkeɪ/
B2[ I or T ]
to become gradually damaged, worse, or less; to cause something to do this: 腐蚀;(使)衰败,(使)衰弱
Sugar makes your teeth decay.糖能引起蛀牙。
The role of the extended family has been decaying for some time.大家庭的作用开始减弱已经有一段时间了。
Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.大教堂前部的石刻表面已经因为污染受到了侵蚀。
the smell of decaying meat腐肉气味
[ I ] physics specialized
If a radioactive substance decays, it changes to a different form, producing radiation: (放射性物质)衰变
Radioactive uranium decays into stable lead at a known rate.放射性铀以已知的速率衰变为稳定的铅。
As the actinium-225 decays, it gives off short-lived, highly energized alpha particles. 随着锕-225的衰变,它会释放出寿命短、能量高的α粒子。
Floating in the dirty river were dead fish, already starting to decay.
The bacteria live on food particles and produce acid that decays the enamel on your teeth.
The flesh on a dead body decays very rapidly.
It's sad to watch a beautiful rose wither and decay in such a short time.
Plants and animals decay into the soil, replenishing the minerals and nutrients.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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out of date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:


Deteriorating and making worse
Physical & chemical processes
Physics: radiation & radioactivity

Examples of decayed


decayed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Many of these were envisioned as artistic undertakings that would ameliorate the urban environment, such as improving water supplies or cleaning up decayed neighborhoods.
This effect diminished with increasing perturbation wave number and decayed to zero for large time.
The monastic community itself had decayed because no ordination had taken place for a considerable time.
Seeds were either already decayed or were in the process of decaying.
Manly independence decayed as the individual allowed his body to be built up by such "external" forces of the "non-ego" (1904 247).
The food habits of dogs and the presence of protoscolices in decayed offal, viscera and carcasses play an important role in the transmission of echinococcosis.
After 10 d of submergence; - not measured; sample decayed and unsuitable for analysis.
As this motion decayed a transition to large-scale, two-dimensional eddy structures was produced by the background rotation.
We also observed that the instantaneous growth rate decayed during the experiment.
This is consistent with the notion that the control representation has decayed in the interval, and that online corrections are absent under these conditions.
However, sponge spicules form fragile fibrous structures when the sponges have decayed, and the context has not been impacted.
Simulations in which activation reached a peak and then decayed symmetrically were also carried out.
That which is decrepit is to be repaired, that which is decayed is to be replaced.
This was based on the rate of decomposition of fruit flesh and the loss of identifiable feeding marks as the fruit decayed.
Thirdly, some of the outer wood may have decayed (despite our best efforts at choosing trunks with intact outer layers), leaving older wood.
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