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

verb | noun

rotrot1 /rɑt/ ●●○ verb

ETYMOLOGYrot¹

Origin: Old English rotian

VERB TABLE

rot

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	rot
	he, she, it	rots
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	rotted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have rotted
	he, she, it	has rotted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had rotted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will rot
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have rotted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am rotting
	he, she, it	is rotting
	you, we, they	are rotting
Past	I, he, she, it	was rotting
	you, we, they	were rotting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been rotting
	he, she, it	has been rotting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been rotting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be rotting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been rotting

1[intransitive, transitive] science, biology to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this: The trees were left to rot. Moisture can rot your house’s foundation.2rot in jail/prison etc. to have to stay and suffer for a long time in an unpleasant place [Origin: Old English rotian]rot away phrasal verb rot something ↔ away to decay completely and disappear or break into small pieces, or to make something do this: The top of the coffin had rotted away.

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rotrot2 noun [uncountable] 1science, biology the natural process of decaying, or the part of something that has decayed: Overwatering causes root rot.2literary a state in which something becomes bad or does not work as well as it should: moral rot3old-fashioned nonsense → see also dry rot