| 释义 |
corrode
—corrodent, n. —corroder, n. —corrodible, adj. —corrodibility, n.
/keuh rohd"/, v. , corroded, corroding.
v.t.
1. to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, esp. by chemical action.
2. to impair; deteriorate: Jealousy corroded his character.
v.i.
3. to become corroded.
[1350-1400; ME ( < MF) < L corrodere to gnaw to pieces, equiv. to cor- COR- + rodere to gnaw; akin to RODENT] |