Erode



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 腐蚀; 侵蚀
• ［英］ v. 腐蚀 ( wear away; disintegrate) ; 侵蚀 ( to cause to deteriorate, decay, or vanish) ;
• ［记］ e+ro de ( 咬) -> 咬掉 -> 腐蚀
• ［同］ 同根词: rodent ( 咬的, 啮齿动物)

Webster Collegiate

verb (eroded; eroding)

• Etymology: Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
• Date: 1612
• transitive verb
  • 1. to diminish or destroy by degrees:
    • a. to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
    • b. to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice <flooding eroded the hillside>
    • c. to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away <inflation eroding buying power>
  • 2. to produce or form by eroding <glaciers erode U-shaped valleys>
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo erosion <where the land has eroded away>
• ? erodibility noun
• ? erodible also erodable adjective

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