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单词 rotten
释义 rot·ten
I. \ˈrätən\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn; akin to Old English rotian to rot — more at rot
1.
 a. : having rotted : decayed, putrid
  < people who are dead and rotten in their graves — Mary Deasy >
  < a rotten tomato >
  < a little paint on a rotten house — Eric Linklater >
  < some granites are exceedingly rotten — K.A.Henderson >
  < rotten ice >
 b. obsolete : characterized by rot
  < the rotten diseases of the South — Shakespeare >
2.
 a. : morally corrupt
  < people … have become aware of something rotten in our democracy — Garrett Mattingly >
  < his heart … went rotten with vanity — Maurice Cranston >
 b. : very badly behaved : spoiled
  < a rotten child >
3.
 a. of a sheep : affected with rot
 b. : causing or characteristic of rot in sheep
4. : extremely unpleasant : disagreeable
 < a rotten day >
 < a rotten humor >
 < soldiering is a rotten job — J.O.Hannay >
 < it's rotten waiting for things — John Galsworthy >
5. : marked by weakness or unsoundness
 < a commando group whose special operations are canceled one after another until the group goes rotten — Curtis Bradford >
6. : very uncomfortable (as from sickness or low spirits)
 < caught a cold and felt rotten >
 < was looking rotten >
7. : marked by extremely poor quality : abominable
 < a rotten book >
 < paid $50 for rotten seats — Barnaby Conrad >
 < rotten luck >
 < a rotten failure >
rot·ten·ly \-ənlē, -li\ adverb
rot·ten·ness \-ən(n)ə̇s\ noun -es
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
chiefly dialect : rot
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