decompose
US: /ˌdikəmˈpoʊz/
UK: /dˌiːkəmpˈəʊz/
UK: /dˌiːkəmpˈəʊz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
decompose /,di:kəm'pouz/
- ngoại động từ
- (vật lý); (hoá học) phân tích; phân ly, phân huỷ
- làm thối nát, làm mủn, làm mục rữa
- heat decomposes meat: nóng làm ôi thối thịt
- (nghĩa bóng) phân tích (động cơ, từ trường)
- nội động từ
- (vật lý); (hoá học) phân tích; phân ly, phân huỷ
- thối rữa, mục rữa
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 to be destroyed gradually by natural chemical processes
Synonym: DECAY, ROT
[V] a decomposing corpse + As the waste materials decompose, they produce methane gas. + [VN] a decomposed body
2 [VN, V] ~ (sth) (into sth) (technical) to divide sth into smaller parts; to divide into smaller parts
decomposition noun [U]: the decomposition of organic waste
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 disintegrate, separate, fall or come apart, break up or down, take apart, dissect, anatomize, atomize, resolve, decompound, analyse:
By absorption the scientists decomposed the green light into yellow and blue.
2 rot, disintegrate, decay, moulder, putrefy; spoil, go off or bad, turn sour:
The meat will decompose if it is left outside the fridge.
Collocation dictionary
PHRASES
badly/partially/partly decomposed
His badly decomposed body was found many weeks later.
Concise English dictionary
decomposes|decomposed|decomposing‚diːkəm'pəʊz
verb
+separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
+lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
+break down
