Game of Thrones · 第 1 季
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rot
/rɒt/B2
腐烂 / 荒废度日 (v.)
原意是食物或木头腐烂。这里指人「在长城自生自灭、混吃等死、虚度光阴」，非常生动地表达了琼恩·雪诺当时的绝望感。
Everybody knew what this place was and no one told me. No one but you.
My father knew… and he left me to rot at the Wall all the same.
Grenn's father left him, too.