rotten

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a. 腐烂的, 恶臭的, 堕落的, 风化的, 虚弱的 [经] 腐烂的, 堕落的

发音

UK /ˈɹɒtn̩/
其它
US /ˈɹɑtn̩/
US /ˈɹɑʔn̩/

词形变化

rottener 比较级 rottener rottenest more rotten 比较级 rottenest 最高级 most rotten 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

腐烂的；堕落的；恶臭的；虚弱的；极坏的

副词

非常

释义与例句

adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.

    If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.

  2. 2.

    In a state of decay.

    腐烂

    腐朽

    The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.

    His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.

  3. 3.

    Cruel, mean or immoral.

    That man is a rotten father.

    This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.

  4. 4.

    Bad or terrible.

    Why is the weather always rotten in this city?

    It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.

    She has the flu and feels rotten.

  5. 5.

    Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.

  6. 6.

    Very drunk, intoxicated.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 英国 俚语
adv.
  1. 1.

    To an extreme degree.

    That kid is spoilt rotten.

    The girls fancy him something rotten.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 8

lousy shitty stinking crappy stinky rotted icky decayed

近义相关 3

bad stale unsound

相关短语

rotten borough n. 有名无实的选区 rotten boroughs rotten apple 坏蛋,害群之马 rotten egg gas rotten stone [医] 硅藻岩 rotten apples rotten egg rotten eggs rotten to the core rotten through rotten wood 朽木 rot through something is rotten in the state of Denmark

词源

From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”). See rot. By surface analysis, rot + -en (past participle).

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