moulder

moulder
( molder)
verb
  1. [no obj.][often as adj. mouldering]slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect
    (尤指因长期被疏忽)腐烂;碎裂
    there was a mushroomy smell of disuse and mouldering books.
    有一股因长年弃置不用和发霉书籍带来的蘑菇般气味。
    I couldn't permit someone of your abilities to moulder away in a backwater.
    我不能允许像你这样有能力的人在死气沉沉的地方荒废下去。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: perhaps from mould, but compare with Norwegian dialect muldra 'crumble'
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