decays

英 [dɪˈkeɪz]

美 [dɪˈkeɪz]

v.  (使)腐烂，腐朽; (建筑、地方等)破败，衰落，衰败; (力量、影响等)衰弱，衰退，衰减
decay的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (尸体或死去的植物）腐烂，腐朽，腐败;(牙齿）遭蛀蚀
  When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a toothdecays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  1. The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...
     埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。
  2. The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
     地上满是腐败的落叶。
  3. Decayis also a noun.
     
  4. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.
     牙斑如果不清除就会导致牙齿蛀蚀和牙龈疾病。
• VERB (社会、制度、机构等）衰败，衰退，衰落
  If something such as a society, system, or institutiondecays, it gradually becomes weaker or its condition gets worse.
  1. Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
     大众电影似乎已经衰落了。
  2. Congress has tried dozens of approaches to revitalize decaying urban and rural areas.
     国会已试行过数十种方法来重振正在走向衰败的城乡地区。
  3. Decayis also a noun.
     
  4. There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.
     存在城市衰败和帮派暴力的问题。

双语例句

• This makes them likely to have lower levels of Al-26, which generates heat as it decays.
  这使它们会拥有较少的铝-26，铝-26在衰减过程中会释放热量。
• However, sometimes organism ( organic) matter is buried before it decays completely.
  然而有时候有机物会在被完全分解之前就已被埋葬了。
• B meson decays are important places to test the standard model and search for possible new physics beyond the SM for their special qualities.
  介子衰变过程以其独特的性质成为检验标准模型，探索新物理的重要场所，是当前粒子物理学的一个重要研究领域。
• Most of that energy is released when the plant dies and decays.
  当植物死亡和腐烂时大部分的能量释放。
• However, sometimes organic matter expire it before it decays completely.
  然而，有时候一些有机物在植物死前就被完全释放了。
• But gradually the wood in them decays and the beavers add more and more mud to repair them.
  然而，堤内的木头会渐渐腐烂，于是河狸又往堤上加更多的泥巴来修补。
• The resulting shock wave starts supersonically and decays into the loud sound known as thunder.
  冲击波以超音速启动并迅速衰减成巨大的雷声。
• In this thesis we discussed several problems concerning B decays and CP violation.
  本文讨论了B物理和CP破坏领域内的几个感兴趣的问题。
• The nucleus decays into three particles which go off in separate directions.
  这个核衰变成飞向不同方向的三个粒子。
• The pump wave decays into an ion Bernstein wave or a lower hybrid wave is most probable.
  泵波参量衰变成离子伯恩斯坦模或低杂波是最可能的参量过程。