erode

vt. 腐蚀, 侵蚀
vi. 受腐蚀
【医】 侵蚀, 腐蚀

形容词:erodible 名词:erodibility 动词过去式:eroded 过去分词:eroded 现在分词:eroding 第三人称单数:erodes 

e.rode

v.（动词）
e.rod.ed,e.rod.ing,e.rodes
v.tr.（及物动词）
To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion:
腐蚀；侵蚀：（象）被磨擦损耗掉：
例句：
Waves eroded the shore.
海浪冲蚀了海岸

To eat into; corrode.
磨蚀，耗掉
To make or form by wearing away:
腐蚀成：通过损耗造成或形成：
例句：
The river eroded a deep valley.
河流冲蚀成一个深谷

To cause to diminish, deteriorate, or disappear as if by eating into or wearing away:
侵蚀掉，腐蚀掉：象磨蚀、侵蚀那样使…减少、减弱或消失：
例句：
.Long enduring peace often erodes popular resolution.(C.L. Sulzberger)
.长期的和平常常会腐蚀大众的信心.(C.L.苏兹贝格)

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To become worn or eaten away:
成为破损的或损耗的：
例句：
The cliffs have eroded over the centuries. Public confidence in the administration eroded.
几百年来悬崖已经被侵蚀了，公众对当局的信心已经被削弱了


来源：
Latin ôrôdere [to gnaw off, eat away]
拉丁语 ôrôdere [消耗掉，磨蚀掉]
ô-, ex- [ex-]
ô-, ex- [表示.离开.的前缀]
rôdere [to gnaw] * see rôd-
rôdere [磨蚀、侵蚀] *参见 rôd-

【引伸】
erod.ibil.ity
n.（名词）
erod.ible
adj.（形容词）