putrescent
英 [pjuː'tres(ə)nt]
美[vɪ'trɛsnt]
- adj. 腐败的；正在腐烂的
英文词源
- putrescent (adj.)
- 1732, a back-formation from putrescence, or else from Latin putrescentem (nominative putrescens), present participle of putrescere "grow rotten, moulder, decay," inchoative of putrere "be rotten" (see putrid).