Decompose



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 使) 腐烂
• ［英］ v. ( 使) 腐烂 ( to rot; to break up or separate into basic components or parts)
• ［记］ de+com+pose ( 放) -> 放在一起的东西散开 -> 分解, 腐烂;
• ［同］ 参考: compose ( 组合)
• ［例］ The dead tree decomposed in the damp forest.

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: French décomposer, from dé- de + composer to compose
• Date: 1718
• transitive verb
  • 1. to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds <decompose water by electrolysis><decompose a word into its base and affixes>
  • 2. rot
• intransitive verb
  • to break up into constituent parts by or as if by a chemical process ; decay, rot <fruit decomposes>
• Synonyms: see decay
• ? decomposability noun
• ? decomposable adjective
• ? decomposition noun

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