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1. (使)腐烂;(使)腐败;(使)变质
When food, wood, or another substance rots, or when something rots it, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed.

2. （尤指木制品的）腐烂，腐败，腐朽
If there is rot in something, especially something that is made of wood, parts of it have decayed and fallen apart.

3. （逐步的）恶化，衰败
You can use the rot to refer to the way something gradually gets worse. For example, if you are talking about the time when the rot set in, you are talking about the time when a situation began to get steadily worse and worse.

4. (尤指人在狱中)身心状况越来越糟，萎靡不振，颓废下去
If you say that someone is being left to rot in a particular place, especially in a prison, you mean that they are being left there and their physical and mental condition is being allowed to get worse and worse.

5. 胡说八道;胡扯;蠢话
If you say that what someone is saying is rot, you mean that they are saying things that are untrue or stupid.

6. see also: dry rot

相关词组：rot away

1. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Synonym: bunkbunkumbuncombeguffhogwash

2. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

Synonym: decompositionrottingputrefaction

3. a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

Synonym: putrefaction