资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Water-rot \Wa"ter-rot`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Water-rotted}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Water-rotting}.]
   To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot
   hemp or flax.