Word · Frequency #12125
manure
肥料；粪肥
animal or plant material used to fertilize land, especially animal excreta usually mixed with litter
- 1.
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
动物粪便,尤指常见家畜的粪便,用作肥料时；通常来自牛、马、羊、猪和鸡
- 2.
any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
用于施肥的动植物材料,尤指常混有垫料的动物粪尿
- 3.
Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.
任何肥料物质,无论是否来源于动物；肥料
动物粪便,尤指常见家畜的粪便,用作肥料时；通常来自牛、马、羊、猪和鸡；用于施肥的动植物材料,尤指常混有垫料的动物粪尿；任何肥料物质,无论是否来源于动物；肥料；肥料；粪肥
In use
Farmers often spread manure on their fields before planting.
A pile of manure behind the barn was steaming in the cold morning.
You can mix well-rotted manure into the soil to improve drainage.
use sth as manure
manure 作名词通常不可数；这里 as 后接用途，表示“当作肥料”。
You can use kitchen scraps as manure for your plants.
你可以把厨余垃圾用作植物的肥料。
manure sth
作动词时，manure 是及物动词，直接接田地、土壤等宾语。
We manure the fields every autumn.
我们每年秋天给田里施肥。
manure sth with sth
with 引出所用肥料的种类；注意两个 sth 不同，第一个是被施肥的对象，第二个是肥料。
Connections
Collocations
- animal manure
- 动物粪便肥料
- Farmers often use animal manure to enrich the soil.农民常使用动物粪便肥料来肥沃土壤。
- spread manure
- 撒施粪肥
- He spread manure over the vegetable beds.他把粪肥撒在菜畦上。
- well-rotted manure
- 腐熟的粪肥
- Apply well-rotted manure before planting.种植前施用腐熟的粪肥。
- a pile of manure
- 一堆粪肥
- There was a pile of manure behind the barn.谷仓后面有一堆粪肥。
- manure spreader
- 撒肥机
- The tractor pulled a manure spreader across the field.拖拉机拖着一台撒肥机穿过田地。
- manure the garden
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：manure 里有 man，想象农夫（man）弯腰把动物粪便撒到田里作肥料，就是 manure。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：agriculture、gardening、farming 该词通常为中性语域，多用于农业、园艺或畜牧等实际场景；正式与非正式语境中都能出现，口语里也较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with manure: sure, cure, endure, and mature all end in the stressed sound /ʊr/. But nature (/ˈneɪtʃər/) and tenure (/ˈtenjər/) look similar (both end in -ure) yet end in unstressed /ər/, so they do not rhyme.
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
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