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pu·trid /ˈpjutrəd/ 形容詞
腐敗的,腐爛的
Pu·trid a.
1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
Putrid fever Med., typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
Putrid sore throat Med., a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
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putrid
adj 1: of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid
decomposition"
2: having undergone infection; "a purulent wound" [syn: infected,
purulent, pussy]
3: in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul
odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset
Maugham [syn: putrefied, putrified]
4: offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" [syn: fetid, foetid,
foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking]
5: morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the
court"