tending to destroy something slowly by chemical action 腐蚀性的；侵蚀性的 the corrosive effects of salt water 盐水的腐蚀作用 corrosive acid 具有腐蚀作用的酸
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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tending to damage something gradually 损害性的；逐渐起破坏作用的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- highly
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French corosif, -ive, from medieval Latin corrosivus, from Latin corros- ‘gnawed through’, from the verb corrodere, from cor- (expressing intensive force) + rodere ‘gnaw’.