单词 | to muck out |
释义 | > as lemmasto muck out to muck out 1. transitive. To clean out; spec. to clean out (a stable or other shelter for an animal) by removing dung, soiled straw, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)] > by emptying to clean out1844 to muck out1851 1851 Beck's Florist 157 He would not half muck his stables out, for he said he wanted his horses to lay warm. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 94 I've mucked out the pig-stye mysen. 1914 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 52 I was obligin' Jim that evenin' muckin' out his pig-pen. 1958 J. Betjeman Coll. Poems 252 She can muck out the stables and clean Her snaffle and saddle and bridle. 1966 ‘M. Torrie’ Heavy as Lead xiv. 169 Sir G. had told me special to muck out the pigs. 1973 J. Burrows Like Evening Gone ii. 30 I've mucked out the henhouses. 1984 P. Barker Blow your House Down xi. 68 When I was mucking his room out I found this letter from the school. 1991 R. Ferguson Henry Miller xiv. 306 He puts up the tent and mucks out the animals. 2. intransitive. To remove such matter from a stable, etc. ΚΠ 1950 Landfall 4 16 They always want one [sc. a cup of tea] after they've finished mucking out. 1967 C. Watson Lonelyheart 4122 ix. 91 He would have to be strong, energetic, used to stud work and willing to muck out. 1982 G. Murphy Pony Club Ann. 30/1 I would have to muck out at seven o'clock each morning. 1993 Pigeon Sport 19 Aug. 8/1 Wayne is thinking of retiring from the sport due to Pigeon Fanciers Lung, but we hope he changes his mind and can find someone to muck out for him. < as lemmas |
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