putrescent
- 英式英标[vɪ\'trɛsnt]
- 美式音标[pjuː\'tres(ə)nt]
英文词源
- putrescent (adj.)
- 1732, a back-formation from putrescence, or else from Latin putrescentem (nominative putrescens), present participle of putrescere "grow rotten, moulder, decay," inchoative of putrere "be rotten" (see putrid).
