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Putrefaction is the rotting of a dead body, or of dead plant matter, when it breaks down and smells very, very bad. Tiny living things eat the dead tissue and give off gases that stink. Doctors, , and crime writers use this word; in ordinary talk people just say rotting or decay. Though actually, not every kind of decay is putrefaction. This word is for the wet, kind — the kind you get when a body or a dead animal lies in heat with little fresh air — not for a dry leaf slowly turning to dust, and not for food that is only a little off. It is a formal, almost scientific noun. It names the process, not a person.
腐爛、腐敗(指發臭分解;不是官場貪汙的「腐敗」)
組成First attested between 1350 and 1400, from Middle English putrefaccioun, from Old French putrefaccïon, from Latin putrefactiō, from putrefactus, the perfect passive participle of putrefaciō (“become rotten”).
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
putrefactionnoun/ˌpjuːtɹəˈfækʃən/
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The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
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Rotten material.
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The state of being rotten.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。