Rot meaning in English
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Definition
to rot: to decay, to go bad, to deteriorate, to decompose
rotten (apples, politicians): bad (apples, politicians); decaying (apples); corrupt, unpleasant (politicians)
Examples
- "If it weren't for me, you'd be rotting away in some stinking swamp in the Amazon!"
- "A recent study has shown that 2.2% of screw-cap bottles - metal stoppers which replace real corks - contain high sulphur levels, resulting in a smell of rotten eggs."
- "But the idea of accompanying my meal with a glass of wine that smells like rotten eggs?"
- "Now nobody wants to join us, and when we march in the street, we have to duck to avoid rotten fruit thrown by angry onlookers."
- "You smell like wet skunk and rotten eggs."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with terms from the conversation you just heard,
This term describes the absence of strength or energy. "I hadn't eaten for several days and I was feeling tired, hungry and ."
This term describes a horrible odor, or something which smells very bad. "The dungeon where I slept had no ventilation and smelled like sulphur and eggs."
This term describes the decomposition or decay of something, such as a fruit or a dead body. "One day, the door to my cell opened and the carcass of a dead animal was thrown inside. The animal must have died years earlier because its body was decomposing."
This term describes the absence of strength or energy. "I hadn't eaten for several days and I was feeling tired, hungry and ."
This term describes a horrible odor, or something which smells very bad. "The dungeon where I slept had no ventilation and smelled like sulphur and eggs."
This term describes the decomposition or decay of something, such as a fruit or a dead body. "One day, the door to my cell opened and the carcass of a dead animal was thrown inside. The animal must have died years earlier because its body was decomposing."
Fill in the blanks below with terms from the conversation you just heard,
This term describes the absence of strength or energy. "I hadn't eaten for several days and I was feeling tired, hungry and weak 1."
This term describes a horrible odor, or something which smells very bad. "The stinking 2 dungeon where I slept had no ventilation and smelled like sulphur and eggs."
This term describes the decomposition or decay of something, such as a fruit or a dead body. "One day, the door to my cell opened and the rotting 3 carcass of a dead animal was thrown inside. The animal must have died years earlier because its body was decomposing."
This term describes the absence of strength or energy. "I hadn't eaten for several days and I was feeling tired, hungry and weak 1."
This term describes a horrible odor, or something which smells very bad. "The stinking 2 dungeon where I slept had no ventilation and smelled like sulphur and eggs."
This term describes the decomposition or decay of something, such as a fruit or a dead body. "One day, the door to my cell opened and the rotting 3 carcass of a dead animal was thrown inside. The animal must have died years earlier because its body was decomposing."
1 weak: "Weak" is the opposite of strong, and describes an absence of energy, strength, power, or ability. In the dialogue, Horatio says "You can't even smell them with your weak little nose!" He is insulting Bruno's nose and smelling ability, which we all know tragically disappeared after an auto accident.
2 stinking: In this context, "stinking" means bad-smelling or having a disgusting odor. In the dialogue, Bruno refers to a "stinking swamp" in the Amazon region, meaning a swamp which smells very bad or has a bad odor.
3 rotting: "Rotting", from the verb "to rot", describes a state of decay and decomposition. In this dialogue, Bruno says "If it weren't for me, you'd be rotting away in some stinking swamp in the Amazon!" The phrasal verb "to rot away" means "to decay over time". Bruno states that if he hadn't "saved" Horatio, Horatio would still be stuck in the swamps of the Amazon.
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