manure

manure
noun
  1. [mass noun]animal dung used for fertilizing land
    粪肥
    ■any compost or artificial fertilizer
    混合肥;化肥
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作be manured)apply manure to (land)
    (给土地)施肥
    the ground should be well dug and manured.
    这块地应该好好翻一翻而且多施些肥。
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'cultivate (land'): from Anglo-Norman French mainoverer, Old French manouvrer (see manoeuvre). The noun sense dates from the mid 16th cent
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