rot away
基本解释
- 烂掉；腐烂
英汉例句
- Studies of landfills suggest they may take centuries to rot away.
垃圾填埋区的研究显示它们可能要花上几个世纪才会完全腐烂。 - The old man suffered from serious stomach trouble and began to rot away.
这位老人患有严重的胃病，并逐渐消瘦。 - He was such a good dog, though, and I hate to see him rot away. But I'm also tired of carrying him around with me in a sack, lugging him into the freezer morning and night.
他是一条那么好的狗，我不愿看着他就这么烂掉，但我也厌倦了把他装进麻袋随身带着，每天早晚还要把袋子搬进冰箱里。 - If there is only a small amount of rot, the dead material can be cut away.
- The club continues to force feed the model of perennial contention as it watches the core rot away.
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