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erode 音标拼音: [ɪr'od] ['irod] vt. 腐蚀,侵蚀
vi. 受腐蚀 腐蚀,侵蚀受腐蚀 erode v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; " Her confidence eroded" [ synonym: { erode}, { gnaw}, { gnaw at}, { eat at}, { wear away}] 2: remove soil or rock; " Rain eroded the terraces" [ synonym: { erode}, { eat away}, { fret}] Erode \ E* rode"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Eroding}.] [ L. erodere, erosum; e out rodere to gnaw. See { Rodent}.] 1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. " The blood . . . erodes the vessels." -- Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster] The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. -- Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Geol. & Phys. Geog.) ( a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land. ( b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U- shaped valleys. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician' s base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [ fig.] [ PJC] 183 Moby Thesaurus words for " erode": abate, ablate, abrade, abrase, absorb, abstract, assimilate, atomize, bark, bate, be consumed, be eaten away, be gone, bite, bleed white, break up, burn up, canker, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, chafe, come apart, consume, consume away, corrode, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, curtail, decay, decline, decompose, decrease, deduct, deliquesce, dematerialize, depart, deplete, depreciate, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, detract, die, die away, die out, digest, diminish, disappear, disintegrate, disjoin, disorganize, disparage, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dive, do a fade- out, drain, drain of resources, dribble away, drop, drop off, dwindle, eat, eat away, eat into, eat up, ebb, erase, evanesce, evaporate, exhaust, exit, expend, extract, fade, fade away, fade out, fall, fall away, fall off, fall to pieces, file, file away, finish, finish off, fission, flee, fly, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gnaw, gnaw away, go, go away, gobble, gobble up, grate, graze, grind, grind down, hide, impair, impoverish, ingest, languish, leach, leave no trace, leave the scene, lessen, let up, melt, melt away, molder, nibble away, oxidize, pass, pass away, pass out, perish, plummet, plunge, purify, rasp, raze, reduce, refine, remove, retire from sight, retrench, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, ruffle, run low, rust, sag, scour, scrape, scrub, scuff, shorten, shrink, sink, sink away, skin, spend, split, squander, subduct, subside, subtract, suck dry, suffer an eclipse, swallow, swallow up, tail off, take away, take from, tatter, thin, thin out, use up, vanish, vanish from sight, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged, weather, weed, withdraw
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