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excrement

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ex·cre·ment /ˈekskrəmənt/ noun [uncountable]  formalHBH the solid waste material that you get rid of through your bowels 粪;大便
Examples from the Corpus
excrementBoys with wicker baskets full of bricks and masonry hurry past; the streets stink and run with mud and excrement.Rotting food, excrement, broken glass had to be painstakingly cleaned up later.The odor of excrement that is overpowering on certain tiers.It was revolting to see these half-starved creatures snuffling around behind the houses or along the river-bank in search of excrement.In my bed is a faint smell of excrement.It smelled of damp mold and rat excrement.People from the neighborhood rushed in and threw the place up for grabs, smearing excrement on the walls.He stopped to wipe away the excrement, which blinded his eyes and coated his lips.
Origin excrement (1500-1600) Latin excrementum, from excernere; → EXCRETE
ex·cre·ment nounChineseSyllable
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excrement
excrement /ˈekskrəmənt, ˈekskrɪmənt/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: excrementum, from excernere; excrete
formal the solid waste material that you get rid of through your bowels


ex·cre·mentBrE /ˈekskrɪmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈekskrɪmənt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) solid waste matter that is passed from the body through the bowels 粪便;排泄物 SYN faeces the pollution of drinking water by untreated human excrement未经处理的人体排泄物对饮用水的污染 ex·cre·men·tal BrE /ˌekskrɪˈmentl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌekskrɪˈmentl/ 🔊 adjective