Word · Frequency #20957
manger
马槽；牛槽；饲料槽
a trough or open container in a barn or stable, used for feeding cattle or horses
- 1.
A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
- 2.
a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
(通常在谷仓或马厩中)供牛或马吃东西的容器
- 3.
A section of a bow of a ship partitioned from the hawsehole to keep water out.
(通常在谷仓或马厩中)供牛或马吃东西的容器；马槽；牛槽；挡水板
In use
The farmer filled the manger with fresh hay for the horses.
The cows gathered around the manger to eat their oats.
In the old barn, a wooden manger stood against the wall.
feed from the manger
manger 通常指马、牛等牲畜用的食槽。
The horses feed from the manger.
马从马槽里吃食。
put sth in/into the manger
in 表示位置，into 更强调放进去的动作。
She put fresh hay into the manger.
她把新鲜的干草放进马槽里。
Common mistakes
The horse eats from manger.The horse eats from the manger.
manger 是可数名词，单数形式通常要有冠词或限定词；这里特指某一只马槽，所以应加定冠词 the。
Connections
Collocations
- feed at the manger
- 在马槽进食
- The horses were feeding at the manger.马正在马槽边进食。
- a horse manger
- 马食槽
- He filled the horse manger with fresh hay.他在马槽里装了新鲜的干草。
- a manger scene
- 马槽场景
- We saw a beautiful manger scene at the church.我们在教堂看到了一个漂亮的马槽场景。
- in a manger
- 在马槽里
- The baby lay in a manger, wrapped in cloth.婴儿裹着布躺在马槽里。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a dog in the manger
- 占着茅坑不拉屎的人；拒绝让别人享用自己并不需要的东西的人He's a dog in the manger about the office printer—he never uses it, but he won't let anyone else near it.他对办公室打印机就是个占着茅坑不拉屎的人——自己从不用，也不让别人碰。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：manger 以 ma 开头，像“马”，想象马站在马槽前吃草料。它是喂马或牛的长形容器。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：圣诞故事或宗教场景、文学或历史描述中的牲畜棚 该词多用于较正式或文学性的语境，例如圣诞故事；日常口语中人们更常说 feeding trough 或 trough。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 nger 结尾。其中 danger、stranger、ranger、endanger（美音 /eɪndʒɚ/）与 manger 押韵；hanger（/hæŋɚ/）和 singer（/sɪŋɚ/）发音不同，是拼写相近但不押韵的词。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.