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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」)

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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”).

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  • putrefythe verb: things putrefy; putrefaction is the process
  • putridsame Latin root for “rotten”; the adjective for something already foul and decayed

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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.

  • 2

    Rotten material.

  • 3

    The state of being rotten.

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