decompose[,di:kəm'pəuz]

• vt.
  • 分解，使分解：

    The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.

    细菌把牛奶分解成固态和液态成分。

  • 使腐败，使腐烂
• vi.
  • 被分解
  • 变腐败，腐烂：

    The tomato began to decompose after half a day in the sun.

    太阳晒了半天后，西红柿开始腐烂。

    The dead tree decomposed and had to be uprooted.

    枯死的树腐烂了，只好被连根拔掉。

• 变形:

  vt.decomposed.decomposing