decompose
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they decompose | |
| he / she / it decomposes | |
| past simple decomposed | |
| past participle decomposed | |
| -ing form decomposing |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to be destroyed gradually after death by natural processes 腐烂 a decomposing corpse 正在腐烂的尸体 The garden was dank with decomposing vegetation. 花园因植物腐烂而变得潮湿。 - decompose something
a decomposed body 已经腐烂了的尸体
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases- badly decomposed
- partially decomposed
- partly decomposed
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] decompose (something) (into something) (
chemistry 化学 to break down something into smaller and simpler parts; to break a substance down into smaller and simpler parts （使）分解
Word Originmid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘separate into simpler constituents’): from French décomposer, from de- (expressing reversal) + composer.