| 单词 | rotten |
| 释义 | rotten (once / 622 pages) adj Use the adjective rotten to describe something that is decaying or decayed. If you are like most people, you occasionally have to throw out rotten food — sometimes, it's so nasty you can't even tell what the food was in its original form! The adjective rotten also describes something that is very poor in quality. If your car has a flat tire, your dog threw up on the carpet, and your boss yelled at you, you can say you are having "a rotten day." Another use for rotten is to describe something that is damaged by decay. Weather damage can cause boards to rot, so if you are working on an old house, you should especially watch out for rotten floor boards. You wouldn't want to fall through to the basement! WORD FAMILYrotten: rottener, rottenest, rottenly, rottenness+/rottenness: rottennesses USAGE EXAMPLES“We built this beautiful house, but the foundation is rotten,” said South Carolina Democratic Chairman Jaime Harrison, a candidate to lead the Democratic National Committee. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) It’s been a good year for good movies, if you ask Rotten Tomatoes. Time(Dec 21, 2016) “Collateral Beauty,” which was positioned early on as a potential award season contender, was panned by critics, with a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Los Angeles Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1adj having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness dead and rotten in his grave Syn stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age 2adj damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless rotten floor boards Syn decayed, rotted unsound not in good condition; damaged or decayed 3adj very bad Syn crappy, icky, lousy, stinking, stinky bad having undesirable or negative qualities |
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