单词 | erode |
释义 | erode —erodible, erodable, erosible /i roh"zeuh beuhl, -seuh-/, adj. —erodibility, erodability, n. /i rohd"/, v. , eroded, eroding. v.t. 1. to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration: Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money. 2. to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion. v.i. 3. to become eroded. [1605-15; < L erodere, equiv. to e- E- + rodere to gnaw] Syn. 1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil. Ant. 1. strengthen, reinforce. |
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