烂尾的英文：
tail rot

tail是什么意思：
n. 尾巴；尾部；辫子；燕尾服；尾随者
v. 跟踪，尾随

the tail of a train
火车的尾部

A human being has the vestige of a tail.
人类仍有尾巴退化的痕迹。

The police have got a tail on the criminal.
警察雇到一名暗探跟踪罪犯。

The shower tailed off into a drizzle.
阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。

Long tailed anchovy
凤尾鱼

rot是什么意思：
n. 腐烂，腐朽
v. （使）腐烂，腐朽；（使）堕落

Foot rot is an avertable affiction.
烂蹄病是可以避免的。

to decay; to rot; to decompose; to eat out
使腐烂

The rafters that jut out rot first.
出头的椽子先腐烂。

They grade the lumber by its resistance to rot.
他们根据抗腐性将那些木材分类。

Rot is eating away the interior of the house.
房子内部正逐渐受到侵蚀。