腐朽fǔxiǔ 1.木料等含有纤维的物质由于长时期的风吹、雨打或微生物的侵害而破坏{rot; decay; condition of fibrous matter (e.g. wood) after the effect of wind, rain or micro-organic decay over a long period of time}: 埋在地里的木桩都～了。{The wooden stake buried in the earth has rotted.} 2.〈比喻fig.〉思想陈腐、生活堕落或制度败坏{(of ideas, living, system) decadent; degenerate; depraved; dissolute; rotten}: 思想～{decadent ideology (or ideas)}|～的生活。{debauchery; dissolute (or depraved) life}