首页putrescentputrescent的意思

putrescent

英 [pjuː'tres(ə)nt] 美[vɪ'trɛsnt]
英语单词putrescent
  • adj. 腐败的;正在腐烂的

英文词源


putrescent (adj.)
1732, a back-formation from putrescence, or else from Latin putrescentem (nominative putrescens), present participle of putrescere "grow rotten, moulder, decay," inchoative of putrere "be rotten" (see putrid).