molder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mol·der /ˈməʊldə $ ˈmoʊldər/ verb [intransitive] x-refthe American spelling of moulder moulder的美式拼法→ See Verb table
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molder• My father, who was superintendent of the Zodiac to the end, stayed on, and moldered away with the towns.• While my sisters and I attended to this half of the sandwich, the other half was moldering badly.• Decades-old medical supplies moldered in the warehouses.• Today the records of the Parliament of Religions molder on library shelves.• Old Doc himself was moldering peacefully in the ground just as he should be.• Once lodged in the seams of the clothing, they remained until time moldered the garments.• It loomed over the Angara River like a great rectangular tombstone, moldering toward oblivion in stunning disrepair.Origin molder (1500-1600) Probably from mold “earth” ((11-21 centuries)), from Old English molde; influenced by MOLD11mol·der verbChineseSyllable
the of American Corpus spelling moulder
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molder
mol‧der /ˈməʊldə $ ˈmoʊldər/
verb [intransitive]
moul‧der
British English, molder American English /ˈməʊldə $ ˈmoʊldər/ (also moulder away) verb [intransitive]
to decay gradually:
old papers mouldering away in the attic
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verb [intransitive] Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Probably from mold __earth__ (11-21 centuries), from Old English molde; influenced by mold1(1)
the American spelling of moulderOrigin: Probably from mold __earth__ (11-21 centuries), from Old English molde; influenced by mold1(1)
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British English, molder American English /ˈməʊldə $ ˈmoʊldər/ (also moulder away) verb [intransitive]to decay gradually:
especially