| 单词 | putrefaction |
| 释义 | putrefaction (once / 7323 pages) n If you suspect that something in your yard is in a state of putrefaction, there's probably something stinky and rotten out there. The relatives of this word in English all resemble it and fit neatly into one meaning category, "rotten." The mother of them all is putrid, from Latin putris, "rotten." This leads to putrefy, which means "make rotten," and finally putrefaction, the process of rotting or a state of being rotten. The ending is -faction rather than -fication on the pattern of many nouns that have Latin facere in their pasts: benefaction, malefaction, and liquefaction — to name a few. WORD FAMILYputrefaction: putrefactions+/putrefy: putrefaction, putrefactive, putrefiable, putrefied, putrefies, putrefying USAGE EXAMPLESPossibly the roof of the truck couldn’t accommodate any more putrefaction. New York Times(Sep 20, 2016) There is a sickness afoot in our country, my friends, a putrefaction of the soul, a rottenness in the spirit. Seattle Times(Jul 08, 2016) Others might focus on compassion, or on the putrefaction of the body if easily distracted by sensual desire. Washington Times(Apr 25, 2016) 1n (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action Syn|Hyper decomposition, rot, rotting decay the process of gradually becoming inferior 2n a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor Syn|Hypo|Hyper rot corruption, putrescence, putridness, rottenness in a state of progressive putrefaction decay an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying 3n moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction Syn|Hyper corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity immorality the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct |
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