| 单词 | dung |
| 释义 | dung (once / 2985 pages) nv Dung means animal droppings or waste. If you work at an elephant sanctuary, you're likely to spend a lot of time shoveling up elephant dung. Dung is a tidy word for an untidy substance — animal poop. When farmers talk about cow dung or chicken dung, they'll probably call it manure instead. Some dung causes problems, like the runoff of pig dung into lakes and rivers, while other dung is used to help fertilize vegetable gardens. Dung is an Old English word, from a Germanic root — in Old High German, a tung was an underground room that was covered with dung for warmth. WORD FAMILYdung: dunged, dunging, dungs USAGE EXAMPLESBut 115 million years ago, they feasted on dinosaur dung. Science Magazine(Dec 23, 2016) More positively, Hanski and his students have documented how some species have evolved to utilize the dung of introduced livestock such as cattle. Nature(Nov 22, 2016) The phosphorus and nitrogen in the dung help fertilize crops. Science Magazine(Nov 17, 2016) 1n fecal matter of animals Syn|Hypo|Hyper droppings, muck buffalo chip, chip, cow chip, cow dung a piece of dried bovine dung coprolitefossil excrement; petrified dung pigeon droppingsdroppings of pigeons cow pie, cowpiefecal matter of a cow BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels 2v fertilize or dress with dung you must dung the land Hyper feed, fertilise, fertilize provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to 3v defecate; used of animals Hyper ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, stool, take a crap have a bowel movement |
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