decompose

/ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/· 动词

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decompose
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Chinese meaning

分fēn解jiě,腐fǔ烂làn

把bǎ东dōng西xī拆chāi成chéng组zǔ成chéng部bù分fèn;腐fǔ烂làn

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死sǐ去qù的de植zhí物wù和hé动dòng物wù正zhèng在zài腐fǔ烂làn分fēn解jiě

Example

They're bubbles of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas made from decomposing plants and animals that had once been stuck in Alaska's frigid permafrost.

它tā们men是shì甲jiǎ烷wán气qì泡pào;甲jiǎ烷wán是shì一yī种zhǒng威wēi力lì很hěn强qiáng的de留liú热rè气qì体tǐ,由yóu那nà些xiē曾céng被bèi冻dòng在zài阿ā拉lā斯sī加jiā严yán寒hán永yǒng久jiǔ冻dòng土tǔ里lǐ、正zhèng在zài腐fǔ烂làn分fēn解jiě的de植zhí物wù和hé动dòng物wù产chǎn生shēng。

Source: Phys.org · 4 Oct 2026

Background ✎

被bèi冻dòng在zài北běi极jí冻dòng土tǔ中zhōng的de温wēn室shì气qì体tǐ正zhèng在zài缓huǎn慢màn泄xiè漏lòu,加jiā剧jù地dì球qiú变biàn暖nuǎn。在zài阿ā拉lā斯sī加jiā史shǐ密mì斯sī湖hú边biān,水shuǐ底dǐ冒mào出chū一yí个gè个gè甲jiǎ烷wán气qì泡pào,北běi极jí变biàn暖nuǎn速sù度dù远yuǎn超chāo全quán球qiú,冻dòng土tǔ正zhèng在zài融róng化huà。数shù千qiān年nián来lái封fēng存cún的de动dòng植zhí物wù遗yí体tǐ开kāi始shǐ分fēn解jiě,释shì放fàng甲jiǎ烷wán和hé二èr氧yǎng化huà碳tàn。

Roots · etymology

源自中古法语 décomposer,de- + compose 构成

  • de-(去除、反向)+ compose(组成)

Collocations

  • decompose into / decompose slowly / decompose organic matter

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