Word · Frequency #14683
dung
/dʌŋ/
noun
粪；动物粪便；粪肥
Animal excrement, especially when used as manure.
- 1.
Manure; animal excrement.
粪肥；动物粪便。
- 2.
fecal matter of animals
动物粪便
- 3.
A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
某种类型的粪肥,如特定物种或动物的。
粪肥；动物粪便。；动物粪便；某种类型的粪肥,如特定物种或动物的。；粪
In use
The farmer spread dung on the fields as fertilizer.
Dried cow dung is often used as fuel in rural areas.
The dung beetles were busy rolling a ball of dung across the path.
Connections
Collocations
- cow dung
- 牛粪
- The path was covered in cow dung.小路上到处都是牛粪。
- dung beetle
- 蜣螂；屎壳郎
- Dung beetles roll balls of dung across the ground.蜣螂把粪球滚过地面。
- dung heap
- 粪堆
- He threw the garden waste onto the dung heap.他把花园的废料扔到粪堆上。
- spread dung
- 施粪肥；撒粪肥
- Farmers spread dung on the fields in spring.农民在春天把粪肥撒在田里。
- animal dung
- 动物粪便
- Animal dung is an excellent natural fertilizer.动物粪便是一种极好的天然肥料。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 dung 看成 down 少了 w：动物身后落下的那堆东西，就是粪便。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：farming、biology、nature documentaries 多用于书面或正式语境，如农业、生物学或自然纪录片的描述；日常口语中更常说 droppings 或 poo。
Grammar Note
通常不可数，指动物粪便
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 dung /dʌŋ/ 押韵的词（/ʌŋ/）：rung、sung、hung、lung、tongue、young。注意形近但发音不同的词：dungeon /ˈdʌndʒən/（地牢）、dungarees /ˌdʌŋɡəˈriːz/（工装裤），均不与 dung 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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