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perishable + noun
perishable 作定语，修饰 goods、food 等名词。
Perishable goods must be kept cold.
易腐货物必须冷藏。
易腐坏的东西；易腐食品
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易腐坏的东西；易腐食品
perishable goods, especially food that spoils quickly
Perishable goods must be kept cold.
易腐货物必须冷藏。
常用复数
短命的事物；容易消亡的东西。
That which perishes or is short-lived.
易腐食品
food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
不能长期保存的食物。
Food that does not keep for long.
Milk, cheese, and other perishables need to be kept cold.
牛奶、奶酪和其他易腐食品需要冷藏。
The supermarket throws away unsold perishables at the end of each day.
超市每天打烊时都会扔掉未售出的易腐食品。
Please put the perishables in the fridge before you go to work.
你去上班前请把易腐食品放进冰箱。
perishable 作定语，修饰 goods、food 等名词。
Perishable goods must be kept cold.
易腐货物必须冷藏。
be perishable 表示某物容易变质或腐坏。
Fresh fruit is highly perishable.
新鲜水果极易腐坏。
perishables 常用复数形式，指需要冷藏保存的易腐食品。
The store sells produce and other perishables.
这家商店出售农产品及其他易腐食品。
Not this
Fresh vegetables perishable quickly.
Use this
Fresh vegetables perish quickly.
perishable 是形容词，不能直接作谓语；表示“腐烂、坏掉”须用动词 perish。主语是复数，所以用原形 perish。
Not this
These fruits are perishables.
Use this
These fruits are perishable.
作表语说明主语的性质时应使用形容词 perishable；perishables 是可数名词复数，意为“易腐物品”，不能用来描述水果本身的特性。
Not this
The supermarket sells perishable.
Use this
The supermarket sells perishables.
sells 后面需要名词作宾语；perishable 是形容词，应改用其名词复数形式 perishables（易腐食品）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
易腐货物
The truck delivers perishable goods to the supermarket every morning.
这辆卡车每天早晨把易腐货物送到超市。
易腐食品
Perishable food must be kept cold during transport.
易腐食品在运输过程中必须冷藏。
极易腐烂的
Raw fish is highly perishable, so it is often frozen right after being caught.
生鱼极易腐烂，所以捕到后通常立即冷冻。
易腐物品
Please put all perishable items in the refrigerator as soon as you get home.
到家后请立刻把所有易腐物品放进冰箱。
易腐食品
The store marks down perishables late in the evening to sell them quickly.
这家商店傍晚会降低易腐食品的价格以便快速售出。
Use perishable naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 perish（灭亡）+ able（能…的）→ 容易“灭亡”的食物，即易腐坏的；超市里的 perishables 都要冷藏。
语域：neutral 常见场景：food retail、cold-chain logistics、warehousing perishable 作名词时通常以复数形式 perishables 出现，多用于食品零售、物流和仓储等场景，属中性词，正式和非正式场合都比较常见。
作形容词表示“易腐坏的”；作名词表示“易腐坏的东西”，常用复数 perishables。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.