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单词 excrement
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Definition of excrement in English:

excrement

noun ˈɛkskrɪm(ə)ntˈɛkskrəmənt
mass noun
  • Waste matter discharged from the bowels; faeces.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Feathers of infested birds are discolored by mite excrement and eggs, and the skin is scabby.
    • Seventeen animals were found surrounded by excrement and urine.
    • But that just means our parks are now full of special bins containing flimsy plastic bags packed with excrement.
    • Smashed windows allowed in the pigeons, whose urine and excrement was untouched for years.
    • I couldn't help but giggle when they hit a sewage line and became covered in raw excrement.
    • The ugly parts were the rampant filth, waste, and excrement in nearly every corner of the town.
    • Some would casually pour daily household garbage, even excrement and urine, into the creek.
    • Urine and excrement had spilled into the corridors where they were sleeping.
    • Urine constitutes the bulk of human excrement and also contains most of the nutrients.
    • The disease can also be transmitted through contact with body secretions and excrement from infected animals.
    • Damage included excrement in a tea pot, broken prizeboards, smashed clocks and graffiti-covered walls.
    • The squatters are living amid human and animal excrement and filth.
    • The sight sickened her, as the smell reached her nostrils - decay, excrement and urine.
    • The disease can spread on contact with body fluids such as blood, urine, excrement, vomit and saliva.
    • The stench of waste and excrement fermenting in the sewers assailed his scent.
    • They were covered in excrement and standing in three-feet of manure with no bedding.
    • A prosecution will be brought if a warden witnesses a person in control of a dog who allows the pet to foul and who does not pick up the resulting excrement.
    • The researchers took eastern box turtles captive for a day and identified seeds in their excrement.
    • Only on the train home did the interviewer realise that he had tracked dog excrement across their immaculate white carpets.
    • One of the monkeys starts screeching, voids his bowels and flings his excrement at another monkey.
    Synonyms
    faeces, excreta, stools, droppings
    waste matter, ordure, dung, manure, mess, muck
    sewage, black water
    informal poo, doo-doo, doings, caca
    British informal cack, whoopsies, jobbies
    North American informal poop
    vulgar slang shit, crap, turds
    archaic night soil, sullage
    rare egesta

Derivatives

  • excremental

  • adjective ˌɛkskrɪˈmɛnt(ə)lˌɛkskrəˈmɛn(t)l
    • This unthinking reliance on the spell checker allows otherwise intelligent people to produce written communication that varies from the merely embarrassing to the truly excremental.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There were cracks showing in my armor during the first episode last week, but then the second episode was all abuse, histrionics, and excremental singing, so I, with some relief, was ready to write it off.
      • That is not the case with the cesspool of shock jocks who have followed in his excremental wake, turning morning drive radio into a mine field of endless, mindless offense.
      • Her textual obscenery is perceived as ‘bad’, as excremental because it denies mainstream literary audiences the satisfaction of uncomplicated, uncritical consumption.
      • Risking olfactory-nerve damage at the 15th, we breathed deeply because there moved on the air that certain smell born of mighty excremental deposits.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French excrément or Latin excrementum, from excernere 'to sift out' (see excrete).

 
 

Definition of excrement in US English:

excrement

nounˈɛkskrəməntˈekskrəmənt
  • Waste matter discharged from the bowels; feces.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seventeen animals were found surrounded by excrement and urine.
    • I couldn't help but giggle when they hit a sewage line and became covered in raw excrement.
    • Damage included excrement in a tea pot, broken prizeboards, smashed clocks and graffiti-covered walls.
    • Some would casually pour daily household garbage, even excrement and urine, into the creek.
    • But that just means our parks are now full of special bins containing flimsy plastic bags packed with excrement.
    • Feathers of infested birds are discolored by mite excrement and eggs, and the skin is scabby.
    • They were covered in excrement and standing in three-feet of manure with no bedding.
    • The disease can also be transmitted through contact with body secretions and excrement from infected animals.
    • One of the monkeys starts screeching, voids his bowels and flings his excrement at another monkey.
    • A prosecution will be brought if a warden witnesses a person in control of a dog who allows the pet to foul and who does not pick up the resulting excrement.
    • Smashed windows allowed in the pigeons, whose urine and excrement was untouched for years.
    • The squatters are living amid human and animal excrement and filth.
    • The researchers took eastern box turtles captive for a day and identified seeds in their excrement.
    • Urine constitutes the bulk of human excrement and also contains most of the nutrients.
    • The ugly parts were the rampant filth, waste, and excrement in nearly every corner of the town.
    • The sight sickened her, as the smell reached her nostrils - decay, excrement and urine.
    • The stench of waste and excrement fermenting in the sewers assailed his scent.
    • Only on the train home did the interviewer realise that he had tracked dog excrement across their immaculate white carpets.
    • The disease can spread on contact with body fluids such as blood, urine, excrement, vomit and saliva.
    • Urine and excrement had spilled into the corridors where they were sleeping.
    Synonyms
    faeces, excreta, stools, droppings

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French excrément or Latin excrementum, from excernere ‘to sift out’ (see excrete).

 
 
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