manure

Word family

TASwaste matter from animals that is mixed with soil to improve the soil and help plants grow 粪肥

—manure verb [transitiveT]

Examples from the Corpus

manure• Many farmers are rediscovering the largely abandoned practices of crop rotation and manure spreading.• An alternative to digging in the green manure in spring is to cut and add the material to the compost heap.• He always reeked of horse manure and whiskey.• In addition, it may no longer spread horse manure along Ramona Oaks Road.• And it was a grave responsibility, said my Papa, even down to ridding the boxcars of manure when circumstances permitted.• Dig in plenty of rotted manure, but ensure the ground has settled firmly before planting.• His business was selling manure to farmers; he had a truck.• A further disadvantage is the work involved in returning the manure to the field.

Origin manure

(1300-1400) Old French manouvrer “to work with the hands”, from Latin manu operare; MANEUVER1

Chinese

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Corpus

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 12125 COCA: 9810

manure

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + MANURE | MANURE + NOUN

ADJECTIVE

➤animal, chicken, cow, horse, pig動物糞肥；雞糞；牛糞；馬糞；豬糞

➤livestock, poultry家畜／家禽糞肥

➤farmyard (especially NAmE) 農家肥

➤composted混合肥

➤aged, well-rotted積年的／充分腐爛的糞肥

➤fresh新鮮廐肥

➤liquid液體糞肥

VERB + MANURE

➤apply, spread施糞肥；撒播糞肥

◇the best time to spread manure on the fields在田裏施糞肥的最佳時機

MANURE + NOUN

➤production糞肥生產

➤application糞肥施用

➤disposal, storage糞肥處理／存放

➤spreader撒糞機

➤heap, pile (especially NAmE) 糞肥堆

➤nutrient糞肥的養分

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 12125 COCA: 9810

manure

Soil fertility and fertilization: compost, compost, desertification...