dung

英 [dʌŋ] 美 [dʌŋ]

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※ 提供单词"dung"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

dung （尤指大型动物的）粪肥

来自PIE*dhengh, 覆盖。粪肥义来自古目耳曼时期，冬天人们在地下室上面铺一层粪肥以进行保暖，从而衍生该词义。

dung: dung: see dingy
dung (n.): Old English dung "manure, fertilizer," common Germanic (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon dung "manure;" Old High German tunga "manuring," tung "underground room covered with manure;" German Dung; Old Norse dyngja "heap of manure, women's apartment; Swedish dynga "dung, muck;" Danish dynge "heap, mass, pile"), perhaps from a PIE *dhengh- "covering" (cognates: Lithuanian dengti "to cover," Old Irish dingim "I press").

The word recalls the ancient Germanic custom (reported by Tacitus) of covering underground shelters with manure to keep in warmth in winter. The meaning "animal excrement," whether used as fertilizer or not, is from late 13c.
The whole body of journeymen tailors is divided into two classes, denominated Flints and Dungs: the former work by the day and receive all equal wages; the latter work generally by the piece [1824].
Dung beetle attested by 1630s. In colloquial American English, tumble-bug. An Old English word for it was tordwifel "turd weevil."

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1. The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.: 谷仓里弥漫着新粪酸甜的气味。

2. You can see the fresh buffalo dung on the country road.: 你可以在乡间小路上看到刚屙下不久的水牛粪.

3. Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them.: 甲壳虫把粪粒埋起来,然后在里面产卵.

5. It's too bad to see a fresh flower on a heap of cow - dung. He'll be the ruin of her!: 鲜花插在牛粪上, 真把她糟踏啦 !