(of dead animals or plants 死的動植物 decaying and therefore smelling very bad 腐爛的；腐臭的 the putrid smell of rotten meat 爛肉的臭味
- (informal)
very unpleasant 令人厭惡（或惡心）的 a putrid pink colour 難看的粉紅色 I pulled back from the stench of his putrid breath. 我從他惡臭的氣息中掙脫出來。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin putridus, from putrere ‘to rot’, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’.