[mass noun]animal dung used for fertilizing land 粪肥 ■any compost or artificial fertilizer 混合肥;化肥
verb
[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
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