- the process or state of decaying and falling apart腐烂；腐败变质
- The wood must not get damp as rot can quickly result.木头不能受潮，否则很快就会烂掉。
see also dry rot, wet rotTopics Buildingsc1 the rot
used to describe the fact that a situation is getting worse形势恶化- The rot set in last year when they reorganized the department.去年他们重组这个部门时，衰败就开始了。
- The team should manage to stop the rot if they play well this week.如果球队本周比赛表现好，他们应该能够阻止形势的恶化。
- (British English, old-fashioned) silly things that somebody says废话；胡说 synonym nonsense, rubbish
- Don't talk such rot!别说这样的废话！
Word OriginOld English rotian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rotten; the noun (Middle English) may have come via Scandinavian.