rot

腐る

食べ物や木などの自然の物が、徐々に傷んで使えなくなる。

やさしい英語で： If food, wood, or other natural material does this, it slowly breaks down and becomes unusable.

• The fruit will rot in the heat.
• Water got inside, and the wood rotted.
• Leaves are rotting at the bottom of the pond.

類義語： decay, decompose

よく使う表現： rot away, rot in something, begin to rot, start to rot

衰える

有意義な活動が少ないことなどで、能力や働きが徐々に衰える。

やさしい英語で： To gradually lose the ability to work well, often because of too little useful activity.

• My mind will rot without anything to do.
• They left him to rot in a dull office.
• She says endless television has rotted his brain.

類義語： deteriorate, decline

反対語： improve

よく使う表現： rot your brain, rot away, let something rot

腐敗

食べ物や木などの自然の物が、徐々に傷んで使えなくなる過程。

やさしい英語で： The process in which food, wood, or other natural material slowly breaks down and becomes unusable.

• Damp conditions encourage rot.
• The roof beams showed signs of rot.
• This treatment protects outdoor wood against rot.

類義語： decay, decomposition

よく使う表現： dry rot, wet rot, prevent rot, wood rot

腐った物質

腐敗して柔らかくなったり、もろくなったりした木などの物。

やさしい英語で： Material such as wood that has broken down and become soft or weak.

• The beam was full of rot.
• He scraped the rot out of the window frame.
• We found soft rot inside the fallen tree.

類義語： decayed matter

よく使う表現： full of rot, remove the rot, patch of rot

たわごと、でたらめ

誰かが言う、ばかげたことや全く事実ではないこと。

やさしい英語で： Something someone says that is silly or completely untrue.

• That's complete rot!
• He was talking rot about the weather.
• Don't believe that rot about hidden treasure.

類義語： nonsense, rubbish, drivel

よく使う表現： talk rot, utter rot, a lot of rot