(of dead animals or plants 死的动植物 decaying and therefore smelling very bad 腐烂的；腐臭的 the putrid smell of rotten meat 烂肉的臭味
- (informal)
very unpleasant 令人厌恶（或恶心）的 a putrid pink colour 难看的粉红色 I pulled back from the stench of his putrid breath. 我从他恶臭的气息中挣脱出来。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin putridus, from putrere ‘to rot’, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’.