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    Manure is the waste that comes from farm animals — cows, horses, chickens — mixed into the soil so plants grow better. Farmers spread it on fields; mix a little into the earth.

    Manure manure is the waste是一種排泄物廢料 that comes from farm animals來自農場動物 cows, horses, chickens牛、馬、雞 mixed into the soil被混進土裡 so plants grow better讓植物長得更好 Farmers農夫 spread it on fields會把它灑在田裡 gardeners園丁 mix a little into the earth則會拌一點進土裡

    It is strong-smelling, messy, and completely ordinary on a farm. The word is the normal farming name, not a rude word, but in a polite sitting-room people may choose a softer phrase.

    It它 is strong-smelling, messy氣味濃、髒兮兮 and而 completely ordinary on a farm在農場上卻完全稀鬆平常 The word這個字 is the normal farming name是農場上的正常用詞 not a rude word不是粗俗的字 but 在 in a polite sitting-room比較講究的客廳場合 people人們 may choose a softer phrase可能會選個比較委婉的說法

    You can also manure a field, using it as a verb: you put that waste on the land.

    You你 can also manure a field也可以把manure當動詞用,manure a field using it as a verb就是這樣用 you你 put that waste on the land把那些排泄物施到地上

    Though actually it did not start as “animal waste” at all. It first meant to work the land by hand, and only later became the stuff you put on the land. The older native English word for this waste dropped out of the language.

    Though actually不過其實 it它 did not start as “animal waste” at all一開始根本不是指「動物排泄物」 It它 first meant一開始的意思是 to work the land by hand用手整地、耕地 and只是 only later後來 became the stuff you put on the land才變成指施在地上的那些東西 The older native English word古老的原生英文字 for this waste指這種排泄物的 dropped out of the language已經從語言裡消失了

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成From Middle English manuren, “to supervise, to toil,” from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (the same source as English maneuver), from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare, “work by hand,” from Latin manū, “by hand,” + operārī, “to work.” It pushed out native Old English mes.

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  • maneuverfrom the same Old French word for working by hand; maneuver kept the “clever move” meaning

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

manureverb/məˈnjʊə/

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    archaicliteraryTo cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

    • A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought / A plot for price: where ſhe a citie ſet: / To whom we gaue the ſtrond for to manure.
    • Manure thyself then; to thyself be approved; / And with vain, outward things be no more moved.
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    To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

    • The farmer manured his fallow field.
    • My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]

manurenoun/məˈnjʊə/

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    Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.

    • 1985, Biff Tannen (portrayed by Thomas F. Wilson), Back to the Future. I hate manure!
    • 1988, Dave Mustaine, "Hook in Mouth", Megadeth, So Far, So Good... So What!. M, they will cover your grave with manure
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    Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.

    • vegetable manure [⁠= green manure⁠]
    • livestock manures
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    Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.

    • “You know the police think I killed Marge, don't you?” “What a load of manure! I couldn't believe it when I read the paper.”

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。