rot
verb [ I or T ] uk/rɒt/ us/rɑːt/ -tt-
C2 （使）腐败;（使）腐烂;（使）腐朽
to (cause something to) decay
The fruit had been left to rot on the trees. 水果无人采摘，烂在了树上。
Rain has got in and rotted (away) the woodwork. 雨水漏了进来，使屋中的木建部分都朽烂了。
the smell of rotting fruit 烂水果的味道
- More examples
- Most of the crops had rotted in waterlogged fields.
- Leave the leaves in a pile to rot.
- Sugar rots your teeth.
- The wood had rotted into dust.
- Fruit had been left to rot in the fields.
Idiom
rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom 长期坐牢，饱受牢狱之苦，在监牢中逐渐憔悴
to stay in prison for a very long time
Ruben Carter was left to rot in jail for most of his life. 鲁宾．卡特的大半生都是在牢狱中度过的。
rot
noun [ U ] uk/rɒt/ us/rɑːt/
腐败;腐烂;腐朽
decay
Rot has got into the furniture. 家具开始朽坏。
old-fashioned informal废话；愚蠢的话
nonsense
Don't talk rot! “别说废话！”
Idioms
the rot sets inidiom informal （情况）开始恶化，变糟
(of a situation) to begin to go wrong
The rot set in when his parents divorced and he started taking drugs. 他的父母离婚了，他又开始吸毒，自此后就开始变得一团糟。
stop the rotidiom 制止事态的恶化
to take action against something bad, before it spreads and becomes worse
We must try to stop the rot before the whole school is corrupted. 我们一定要在整个学校都被毁掉之前采取行动。