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erode 音标拼音: [ɪr'od] ['irod]
vt. 腐蚀,侵蚀
vi. 受腐蚀 腐蚀,侵蚀受腐蚀 erode v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [synonym: {erode}, {gnaw}, {gnaw at}, {eat at}, {wear away}] 2: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [synonym: {erode}, {eat away}, {fret}] Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eroding}.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out rodere to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] 1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." --Wiseman. [1913 Webster] The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. --Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) (a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land. (b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [fig.] [PJC] 183 Moby Thesaurus words for "erode":
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