English Dictionary

dry rot

名詞

不可算名詞 比喩的用法

The crumbly, friable decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection.

日本語の意味

建物の木部、特に地面付近や地下に存在する木材が、真菌感染により劣化し、ひび割れて粉状になった状態。

During the inspection, we discovered dry rot in the basement joists that had weakened the floor significantly.

点検中、地下室の根太で木材が粉状に崩れる菌類による腐朽が見つかり、床が著しく弱くなっていることが判明しました。

意味（1）

The crumbly, friable decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection.

They are, for the most part, low-roofed, mouldy rooms, where innumerable rolls of parchment, which have been perspiring in secret for the last century, send forth an agreeable odour, which is mingled by day with the scent of the dry-rot, and by night with the various exhalations which arise from damp cloaks, festering umbrellas, and the coarsest tallow candles.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Any progression of decay, corruption, or obsolescence.

Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah.

意味（3）

(phytopathology) A fungal infection which affects plants, in particular potatoes.