英语词汇“putrefying”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house

Recent Examples on the Web Many recipes that survive from antiquity call for allowing fish to putrefy in open vats under the Mediterranean sun for up to three months.

Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2021 But some of the ailments Romans suffered boggle the mind—vicious fevers, wasting diseases and worms living in putrefying wounds that refused to heal.

Edward Watts, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020 But this, Marcus stresses, only causes our emotions to putrefy and fester.

Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 The paintings of putrefying corpses and splayed-open cadavers made by Hyman Bloom between 1943 and 1954 constitute one of the most extraordinary and disturbingly beautiful bodies of work in American art.

Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 31 July 2019 The injunction contends that long-distance travel does not broaden the mind, as commonly supposed, but putrefies the character by exposing it to impurity.

Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019 Soutine’s table is brutally buckled, and the roiling white tablecloth, yellowish-green, suggests putrefying flesh and pitching sea, nearly capsizing a standing jug and pitcher.

Lance Esplund, WSJ, 2 May 2018 Sulfur atoms had started to bind with his hemoglobin, a process that would typically only occur in putrefying corpses.

Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2017 Time, heat and water were Yaw’s enemies now, conspiring beneath the carpets to rot and putrefy.

Jack Healy, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English putrefien, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French putrefier, from Latin putrefacere, from putrēre to be rotten + facere to make — more at do

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

单词	putrefying
释义	putrefy verb pu·tre·fy ˈpyü-trə-ˌfī putrefied; putrefying transitive verb : to make putrid intransitive verb : to undergo putrefaction Synonyms break down corrupt decay decompose disintegrate fester foul mold molder perish [chiefly British] rot spoil See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house Recent Examples on the Web Many recipes that survive from antiquity call for allowing fish to putrefy in open vats under the Mediterranean sun for up to three months. Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2021 But some of the ailments Romans suffered boggle the mind—vicious fevers, wasting diseases and worms living in putrefying wounds that refused to heal. Edward Watts, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020 But this, Marcus stresses, only causes our emotions to putrefy and fester. Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 The paintings of putrefying corpses and splayed-open cadavers made by Hyman Bloom between 1943 and 1954 constitute one of the most extraordinary and disturbingly beautiful bodies of work in American art. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 31 July 2019 The injunction contends that long-distance travel does not broaden the mind, as commonly supposed, but putrefies the character by exposing it to impurity. Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019 Soutine’s table is brutally buckled, and the roiling white tablecloth, yellowish-green, suggests putrefying flesh and pitching sea, nearly capsizing a standing jug and pitcher. Lance Esplund, WSJ, 2 May 2018 Sulfur atoms had started to bind with his hemoglobin, a process that would typically only occur in putrefying corpses. Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2017 Time, heat and water were Yaw’s enemies now, conspiring beneath the carpets to rot and putrefy. Jack Healy, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Middle English putrefien, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French putrefier, from Latin putrefacere, from putrēre to be rotten + facere to make — more at do First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Medical Definition putrefy verb pu·tre·fy ˈpyü-trə-ˌfī putrefied; putrefying transitive verb : to make putrid intransitive verb : to undergo putrefaction putrefying 1 of 2 adjective as in rotting Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance rotting decaying decomposing putrescent disintegrating moldy moldering degenerated corroded disintegrated deteriorated gangrenous crumbled mildewy contaminated polluted putrid rancid tainted impure defiled decayed putrefied fermented decomposed sour fouled curdled rotten turned soured corrupted spoiled rank off sourish addled bad Antonyms & Near Antonyms fresh undecomposed sweet good preserved uncontaminated untouched pristine unspoiled unpolluted untainted undefiled See More putrefying 2 of 2 verb present participle of putrefy as in decomposing to go through decomposition we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house Synonyms & Similar Words decomposing rotting decaying disintegrating festering moldering perishing corrupting deteriorating molding crumbling spoiling fouling falling apart contaminating descending souring polluting fermenting running to seed breaking down rusting turning going to seed degenerating curdling defiling tainting mortifying sinking withering turning off addling dilapidating declining Antonyms & Near Antonyms growing ripening aging maturing ageing developing purifying cleansing restoring renewing composing integrating improving assembling refreshing ameliorating meliorating bettering See More
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