Putrefaction

(noun.) a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.

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• Presently a smoke rose about our feet--a smoke that smelled of all the dead things of earth, of all the putrefaction and corruption imaginable. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Of course it took time to penetrate into the meat, but the first superficial penetration stopped the injurious effects of germs which set up putrefaction. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Eight out of the twenty showed signs of putrefaction. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• To prevent putrefaction the solution should be copiously applied to the object treated. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• In case the necks were broken (to be again sealed immediately), the air would rush in, and (if it held the requisite micro-organisms) furnish the conditi ons for putrefaction. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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