compost

英 ['kɒmpɒst] 美 ['kɑmpost]

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compost 混合肥料

com-, 强调。-pos, 放置，词源同opponent, position. 即把腐叶等放在一起发酵成肥料的。

compost (n.): late 14c., compote, from Old French composte "mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land" (13c.), also "condiment," from Vulgar Latin *composita, noun use of fem. of Latin compositus, past participle of componere "to put together" (see composite). The fertilizer sense is attested in English from 1580s, and the French word in this sense is a 19th century borrowing from English.
compost (v.): "make into compost," 1829, from compost (n.). Related: Composted; composting.

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2. Cut down and compost spent cucumbers, tomatoes and other crops.: 将已收获过的黄瓜、西红柿和其他作物的秧蔓割下，制成堆肥。

3. There isn't time to dig deeply and put in manure or compost.: 没有时间来深挖然后施以粪肥或堆肥.