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decay 音标拼音: [dək'e] [dɪk'e] vi. 腐朽,腐烂;衰减,衰退
vt. 使腐坏
n. U腐朽,腐烂;衰减,衰退 腐朽,腐烂;衰减,衰退使腐坏 U腐朽,腐烂;衰减,衰退 decay衰变
decay衰变时间 decay衰减 decay n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior 2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [ synonym: { decay}, { decline}] 3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [ synonym: { decay}, { decomposition}] 4: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; " the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; " the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair" 5: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation [ synonym: { decay}, { radioactive decay}, { disintegration}] v 1: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; " the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" [ synonym: { disintegrate}, { decay}, { decompose}] 2: fall into decay or ruin; " The unoccupied house started to decay" [ synonym: { decay}, { crumble}, { dilapidate}] 3: undergo decay or decomposition; " The body started to decay and needed to be cremated" Decay \ De* cay"\, v. t. 1. To cause to decay; to impair. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Infirmity, that decays the wise. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To destroy. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Decay \ De* cay"\, n. 1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay. [ 1913 Webster] Perhaps my God, though he be far before, May turn, and take me by the hand, and more May strengthen my decays. -- Herbert. [ 1913 Webster] His [ Johnson' s] failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual decay. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws. -- James Byrne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Destruction; death. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Cause of decay. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age. -- Bacon. Syn: Decline; consumption. See { Decline}. [ 1913 Webster]
Decay \ De* cay"\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Decayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Decaying}.] [ OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d[' e] choir, to decline, fall, become less; L. de- cadere to fall. See { Chance}.] To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. [ 1913 Webster] Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] 154 Moby Thesaurus words for " decay": ablate, ablation, atomization, atomize, atrophy, biodegradability, biodegradation, break down, break up, breakup, canker, caries, carrion, catalysis, catalyst, collapse, come apart, consume, contaminate, corrode, corrosion, corrupt, corruption, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, crumbling, curdle, dandruff, debilitate, decadence, decline, decompose, decomposition, decrease, defile, degenerate, degeneration, degradability, degradation, deteriorate, deterioration, dialysis, dilapidate, dilapidation, diminish, disintegrate, disintegration, disjoin, disjunction, disorganization, disorganize, dissociation, dissolution, dissolve, downfall, dry rot, dwindle, ebb, enfeeble, erode, erosion, excrement, fading, failing, fall into decay, fall to pieces, ferment, fester, filth, fission, foul matter, foulness, furfur, gangrene, go bad, go off, go to pieces, go to pot, go to seed, hydrolysis, hydrolyst, incoherence, mess, mildew, mold, molder, mortification, mortify, mould, moulder, muck, mucus, necrose, necrosis, obscenity, ordure, oxidation, oxidization, perish, photolysis, pollute, pus, putrefaction, putrefy, putresce, putrescence, putrid matter, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankle, rankness, ravages of time, resolution, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, rust, sap, scurf, scuz, slime, slough, smut, snot, sordes, sour, sphacelate, sphacelation, sphacelus, split, splitting, spoil, spoilage, suppurate, taint, thermolysis, tooth decay, turn, undermine, wane, waste away, wasting, weaken, weakening, wear, wear and tear, wear away, wither, work, wreck |
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