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单词 putrefy
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Definition of putrefy in English:

putrefy

verbputrefies, putrefying, putrefied ˈpjuːtrɪfʌɪˈpjutrəˌfaɪ
[no object]
  • (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell.

    the body was beginning to putrefy
    the stench of putrefying corpses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His blood congealed, his heart putrefied and he knew he had to react sharply.
    • However, during the hot Polish summers, the bodies started to putrefy.
    • The body starts to putrefy within a minute or two of death, and bubbles of gas come up through the mouth.
    • It had that taste of something vile that had been slowly putrefying in the hot weather.
    • If these sugars cannot be broken down, they will sit in the large intestine and putrefy, leading to a bloated feeling and gas.
    • The taste was so putrefying that I felt as if I were about to double over.
    • The putrefying smell carried through the broken compressed-air pipe to the trapped miners and, eventually, to the rescue workers.
    • Raw meat putrefies because it is an ideal food for micro-organisms.
    • Ganges water does not putrefy, even after long periods of storage.
    • And the minute that the magnificent, multifaceted Crenshaw arrives to putrefy all around him, the scene is set for classic comedy.
    • The bodies were left as a warning, to putrefy dangling in public.
    • When an extremity has been invaded by bacteria and the blood supply is choked off, the limb begins to putrefy.
    • This protracted process resulted in a backlog of bodies that were often putrefying by the time they were cremated.
    • Tilden postulated that improper diet led to stagnation of food in the colon, which then putrefied and formed toxins.
    • ‘It means that liquid has sat in your ears long enough to putrefy,’ I explained.
    • It radiated a smell of freshness in putrefying ether.
    • If there is too much protein in our body it putrefies due to the long process of digestion required.
    • He believes that one important cause is ‘postnasal drip’ from the nose that accumulates and putrefies on the very back of the tongue.
    • As it putrefies and decays, your breath smells bad, your sweat smells bad, and your bowels smell bad.
    • Anything organic is going to putrefy or ferment very, very rapidly.
    Synonyms
    decay, rot, decompose, go bad, go off, perish, spoil, deteriorate, fester, moulder
    gangrene, mortify
    rare necrose, sphacelate

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from Latin putrefacere, from puter, putr- 'rotten'.

 
 

Definition of putrefy in US English:

putrefy

verbˈpjutrəˌfaɪˈpyo͞otrəˌfī
[no object]
  • (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell.

    the body was beginning to putrefy
    the stench of putrefying corpses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Raw meat putrefies because it is an ideal food for micro-organisms.
    • ‘It means that liquid has sat in your ears long enough to putrefy,’ I explained.
    • Ganges water does not putrefy, even after long periods of storage.
    • And the minute that the magnificent, multifaceted Crenshaw arrives to putrefy all around him, the scene is set for classic comedy.
    • If these sugars cannot be broken down, they will sit in the large intestine and putrefy, leading to a bloated feeling and gas.
    • As it putrefies and decays, your breath smells bad, your sweat smells bad, and your bowels smell bad.
    • Tilden postulated that improper diet led to stagnation of food in the colon, which then putrefied and formed toxins.
    • He believes that one important cause is ‘postnasal drip’ from the nose that accumulates and putrefies on the very back of the tongue.
    • The putrefying smell carried through the broken compressed-air pipe to the trapped miners and, eventually, to the rescue workers.
    • When an extremity has been invaded by bacteria and the blood supply is choked off, the limb begins to putrefy.
    • The body starts to putrefy within a minute or two of death, and bubbles of gas come up through the mouth.
    • If there is too much protein in our body it putrefies due to the long process of digestion required.
    • This protracted process resulted in a backlog of bodies that were often putrefying by the time they were cremated.
    • Anything organic is going to putrefy or ferment very, very rapidly.
    • It had that taste of something vile that had been slowly putrefying in the hot weather.
    • It radiated a smell of freshness in putrefying ether.
    • The bodies were left as a warning, to putrefy dangling in public.
    • However, during the hot Polish summers, the bodies started to putrefy.
    • His blood congealed, his heart putrefied and he knew he had to react sharply.
    • The taste was so putrefying that I felt as if I were about to double over.
    Synonyms
    decay, rot, decompose, go bad, go off, perish, spoil, deteriorate, fester, moulder

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from Latin putrefacere, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’.

 
 
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