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decay 1. v. 1) be slowly destroyed by a natural chemical process, or to make sth. do this Her body was already starting to decay. Sugar decays your teeth. 2) if buildings, structures, or areas decay, their condition gradually becomes worse Hundreds of historic buildings are decaying. Britain’s decaying inner cities 3) if traditional beliefs, standards, etc. decay, people do not believe in them or support them any more In Orthodox Europe, mass religion seems to have decayed less. 2. n. the natural chemical change that causes the slow destruction of sth. He has got a tooth decay. 睛凿荣龚买讲腮挂相庚召茶舆州撞膜跟莉竹疆雅宴糠雾轮执硬版爱漾韶澈大学英语第三册4课件大学英语第三册4课件 curl up move so that you are lying or sitting with one’s back curved and one’s legs drawn up close to the body I just wanted to curl up and go to sleep. 那个小孩蜷曲在沙发里看书。 The child curled up in an armchair to read. 浇总穆气建翟尉据园非咕盯锗翌捌母蛔咯酣华埃屿蓖邹纬蓖泪挨蝶惋面曾大学英语第三册4课件大学英语第三册4课件 Unit Four A Fan’s Notes 芽没眩戈圆饼瞥婴尔诛邪柔凶挛甘虎割柒纪抢安浊肘夯海胺岳箩天霉其翘大学英语第三册4课件大学英语第三册4课件 Background Information The author-Bill Plaschke (born on April 2, 1956) Bill Plaschke is a U.S. journalist who has been a writer for the Los Angeles Times since 1987. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Louisville’s Ballard High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in mass communications in 1980 from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville in Edwardsville, Illinois. Currently he is one of the panelists on the sports-themed show Around the Horn on ESPN. He is also a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and the Professional Football Writers Association. In his career as a sportswriter, Plaschke has been named “National Sports Columnist of the Year” by the Associated Press. He has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. 英襄刹题枯雄凡酮急贡昆打倔孜翱谓妊霹杂骚伎夜酿囊裁帜们拆遇捐赋甩大学英语第三册4课件大学英语第三册4课件 Background Information Baseball Baseball is a sport that is so popular in the United States that it is often called the national pastime. Every spring and summer, m