decay

英 [d?'ke?] 美[d?'ke]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數:?decays;過去式:?decayed;過去分詞:?decayed;現在分詞:?decaying;

decay 腐爛

de-, 向下。-cay, 同-cad, 掉落，詞源同case, accident. 引申義腐爛。

decay: decay: [15] The notion underlying decay and its close relative decadence is of a ‘falling off’ from a condition of health or perfection. Decay comes from Old Northern French decair, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *dēcadere, which in turn came from Latin dēcidere, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘down, off, away’ and cadere ‘fall’ (source of English case and a wide range of related words). Decadence [16] was acquired via the medieval derivative dēcadentia. To the same word-family belongs deciduous [17], from Latin dēciduus, literally denoting the ‘falling off’ of leaves from trees.
=> accident, case, chance, decadence, deciduous
decay (v.): late 15c., "to decrease," from Anglo-French decair, Old North French decair (Old French decheoir, 12c., Modern French déchoir) "to fall, set (of the sun), weaken, decline, decay," from Vulgar Latin *decadere "to fall off," from de- (see de-) + Latin cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Meaning "decline, deteriorate" is c. 1500; that of "to decompose, rot" is from 1570s. Related: Decayed; decaying.
decay (n.): mid-15c., "deterioration, decline in value," from decay (v.). Meaning "gradual decrease in radioactivity" is from 1897.

1. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.: 牙斑如果不清除就會導致牙齒蛀蝕和牙齦疾病。

3. The phosphate was deposited by the decay of marine microorganisms.: 海洋微生物腐爛后沉積形成磷酸鹽。

5. The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration.: 如果經過適當的冷藏,這些肉本來不至于腐爛掉.