manure英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens. countable,uncountable

— 1985, Biff Tannen (portrayed by Thomas F. Wilson), Back to the Future. I hate manure!
Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser. broadly,countable,uncountable

— vegetable manure [⁠= green manure⁠]
Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit. countable,euphemistic,uncountable

— “You know the police think I killed Marge, don't you?” “What a load of manure! I couldn't believe it when I read the paper.”

动词 v.

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. archaic,literary

— A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought / A plot for price: where ſhe a citie ſet: / To whom we gaue the ſtrond for to manure.
To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

— The farmer manured his fallow field.

词形变化

manures present,singular,third-person manuring participle,present manured participle,past manured past manures plural

词汇关系

衍生词

manurable manurer overmanure remanure green manure horse manure humanure manurage manurance manure fork manureless manurelike manure spreader manurey manurial poor man's manure

词源

词源 1

From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes.

词源 2

From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes.