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    putrid

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Biology
    pu·trid /ˈpjuːtrɪd/ adjective  1  HBdead animals, plants etc that are putrid are decaying and smell very bad 〔死去的动植物〕腐烂的，腐臭的 the putrid smells from the slaughterhouses 屠宰场散发出的腐臭味2  informalUNPLEASANT very unpleasant 令人非常不愉快的 a putrid green colour 难看的绿色
    Examples from the Corpus
    putrid• The air settled for sundown, the house again putrid and airless.• Poisoned wells, putrid carcases slung over the walls.• Random flashes of light: putrid green, violent orange, hellish red, shot through the swarming darkness.• It is a putrid pink colour.• a putrid smell• Just another scheme from the putrid sore of the northwest.• Gao Ma knew that the lane beyond the southern wall dead-ended at a noodle mill alongside a ditch of putrid stagnant water.    Origin putrid (1400-1500) Latin putridus, from putrere “to have decayed”, from puter, putris “decayed”
    pu·trid adjectiveChineseSyllable
    are putrid Corpus animals, that etc dead plants


    putrid
    pu‧trid /ˈpjuːtrəd, ˈpjuːtrɪd/ adjective
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Latin
     Origin: putridus, from putrere 'to have decayed', from puter, putris 'decayed'
    1. dead animals, plants etc that are putrid are decaying and smell very bad:
        the putrid smells from the slaughterhouses
    2. informal very unpleasant:
        a putrid green colour


    pu·tridBrE /ˈpjuːtrɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpjuːtrɪd/ 🔊 adjective(of dead animals or plants 死的动植物) decaying and therefore smelling very bad 腐烂的；腐臭的 SYN foul ◆the putrid smell of rotten meat烂肉的臭味(informal) very unpleasant 令人厌恶（或恶心）的◆a putrid pink colour难看的粉红色