rot
to be left somewhere and not used or cared for: 废弃
There's an old bike that's been mouldering away in the shed for years.车棚里有辆废弃了多年的旧自行车。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Decaying and staying fresh
best-before date
biodegradable
biodegrade
compost
decay
decompose
moulder
mouldy
nonperishable
nutrient cycling
out of date
perish
putrid
rack
rotten
sell-by date
shrivel
shrivelled
soft rot
withered
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Neglecting and ignoring
Examples of mouldered
mouldered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Some have
mouldered on library shelves; others have been the subject of endless and indecisive debate.
From the
Hansard archive
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These articles covered a space of 12 inches or more; it is probable therefore that they were the
mouldered remains of a shield.
From
Wikipedia
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