decay
US: /dɪˈkeɪ/
UK: /dɪkˈeɪ/
UK: /dɪkˈeɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
decay /di'kei/
- danh từ
- tình trạng suy tàn, tình trạng suy sụp, tình trạng sa sút (quốc gia, gia đình...)
- tình trạng đổ nát, tình trạng mục nát (nhà cửa...)
- tình trạng thối rữa; chỗ thối (quả)
- tình trạng sâu, tình trạng mục (răng, xương, gỗ...)
- (vật lý) sự rã, sự phân rã
- radioactive decay: sự phân rã phóng xạ
- to fall into decay
- suy tàn, suy sụp (quốc gia, gia đình...)
- đổ nát, mục nát (nhà cửa...)
- nội động từ
- suy tàn, suy sụp, sa sút (quốc gia, gia đình...)
- hư nát, đổ nát, mục nát (nhà cửa...)
- sự suy nhược (sức khoẻ)
- thối rữa (quả)
- sâu, mục (răng, xương, gỗ...)
- a decayed tooth: răng sâu
- decayed wood: gỗ mục
- (vật lý) rã, phân rã
- ngoại động từ
- làm sâu (răng...), làm mục nát (gỗ...)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U]
1 the process or result of being destroyed by natural causes or by not being cared for (= of decaying): tooth decay + The landlord had let the building fall into decay. + The smell of death and decay hung over the town. + The decay of the wood will spread if it is not removed.
2 the gradual destruction of a society, an institution, a system, etc: economic / moral / urban decay + the decay of the old industries
+ verb
1 to be destroyed gradually by natural processes; to destroy sth in this way
Synonym: ROT
[V] decaying leaves / teeth / food [also VN]
2 [V] if a building or an area decays, its condition slowly becomes worse: decaying inner city areas
3 [V] to become less powerful and lose influence over people, society, etc: decaying standards of morality
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 a decline, wane, ebb, dwindle, diminish, decrease:
The magnetic field rapidly decays when the power is removed.
(b) decline, waste away, atrophy, weaken, wither, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate; crumble:
Her great beauty decayed quickly.
2 rot, decompose, moulder, putrefy, spoil; turn, go bad, go off:
The flesh has decayed and only a skeleton remains.
n.
3 decline, weakening, failing, fading, deterioration, decadence, degeneration, wasting, atrophy, dilapidation, disintegration, collapse; downfall:
The buildings were in an advanced state of decay.
4 rot, rotting, decomposition, mould, putrefaction, mortification:
The decay has weakened the timbers supporting the bridge.
Collocation dictionary
VERB + DECAY
rapid | slow | dental, tooth | economic, industrial, urban | moral, physical, social
VERB + DECAY
cause
Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth, causing decay.
| stop
Without a lot of money, the mayor won't be able to stop urban decay.
| reverse
This government promises to reverse industrial decay.
| prevent
The wood is treated with preservative to prevent decay.
| fall into
old buildings that had fallen into decay
PREP.
in ~
The derelict buildings are the signs of a town in decay.
| ~ in
Smoking accelerates age-related decay in the heart and arteries.
| ~ of
the slow decay of the castle and the surrounding buildings
PHRASES
the process of decay, signs of decay
My dentist could not find any signs of decay.
| an odour/a smell/a stench of decay
A smell of decay pervaded the air.
| a state of decay
Concise English dictionary
decays|decayed|decayingdɪ'keɪ
noun
+the process of gradually becoming inferior
+a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
+the organic phenomenon of rotting
+an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
+the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
verb
+lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
+fall into decay or ruin
+undergo decay or decomposition
