decayed
past simple and past participle ofdecay
| 单词 | decayed |
| 释义 | decayed past simple and past participle ofdecay decay verb uk/dɪˈkeɪ/us/dɪˈkeɪ/B2[IorT] tobecomegraduallydamaged,worse, or less; tocausesomething to do this: Sugar makesyourteethdecay. Theroleof theextendedfamilyhas been decaying for sometime. Pollution has decayed thesurfaceof thestoneworkon thefrontof thecathedral. thesmellof decayingmeat [I]physicsspecialized If aradioactivesubstancedecays, itchangesto a differentform,producingradiation: Radioactiveuraniumdecaysintostableleadat aknownrate. As the actinium-225 decays, it gives offshort-lived,highlyenergizedalphaparticles.
Decaying and staying fresh
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Deteriorating and making worse Physical & chemical processes Physics: radiation & radioactivity Examplesofdecayeddecayed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Many of these were envisioned as artistic undertakings that would ameliorate the urban environment, such as improving water supplies or cleaning updecayedneighborhoods. From theCambridge English Corpus This effect diminished with increasing perturbation wave number anddecayedto zero for large time. From theCambridge English Corpus The monastic community itself haddecayedbecause no ordination had taken place for a considerable time. From theCambridge English Corpus Seeds were either alreadydecayedor were in the process of decaying. From theCambridge English Corpus Manly independencedecayedas the individual allowed his body to be built up by such "external" forces of the "non-ego" (1904 247). From theCambridge English Corpus The food habits of dogs and the presence of protoscolices indecayedoffal, viscera and carcasses play an important role in the transmission of echinococcosis. From theCambridge English Corpus After 10 d of submergence; - not measured; sampledecayedand unsuitable for analysis. From theCambridge English Corpus As this motiondecayeda transition to large-scale, two-dimensional eddy structures was produced by the background rotation. From theCambridge English Corpus We also observed that the instantaneous growth ratedecayedduring the experiment. From theCambridge English Corpus This is consistent with the notion that the control representation hasdecayedin the interval, and that online corrections are absent under these conditions. From theCambridge English Corpus However, sponge spicules form fragile fibrous structures when the sponges havedecayed, and the context has not been impacted. From theCambridge English Corpus Simulations in which activation reached a peak and thendecayedsymmetrically were also carried out. From theCambridge English Corpus That which is decrepit is to be repaired, that which isdecayedis to be replaced. From theCambridge English Corpus This was based on the rate of decomposition of fruit flesh and the loss of identifiable feeding marks as the fruitdecayed. From theCambridge English Corpus Thirdly, some of the outer wood may havedecayed(despite our best efforts at choosing trunks with intact outer layers), leaving older wood. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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