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compost

/kom-pohst/US // ˈkɒm poʊst //UK // (ˈkɒmpɒst) //

堆肥,混合肥料,肥料,堆积物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil.
    • : a composition; compound.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to use in compost; make compost of: to compost manure and kitchen scraps.
    • : to apply compost to.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make compost: Shredded leaves will compost easily.

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Examples

  • She’s been tracking the amount of carbon her farm retains if she adds compost and rarely tills the land.

  • A smaller farm like Solidarity can’t afford to both haul the compost from landfills and cover the cost to purchase different specialized equipment to turn it and spread it.

  • City residents can pick up some free compost for their own gardens from Miramar Greenery.

  • The team found 10 organisms — groups of five each from compost and soil — that survived together by breaking down the foam.

  • Then the team added a bit of material from either the soil or the compost.

  • I departed for the compost heap happy that I was almost done cleaning the chicken coop.

  • In those parts, garbage must be separated from food compost as well as the usual recycling categories.

  • Figuring out whether to throw out your lipstick-stained coffee cup in recycling, trash, or compost can be truly maddening.

  • It is likewise formed daring the decay of animal and vegetable matters, and is consequently evolved from dung and compost heaps.

  • Rake up the leaves, and add everything of this kind to the compost heap.

  • Why do we not then persuade husbandmen that they should not till land, help it with marl, lime, and compost?

  • We cannot let our Lady Joan set forth for field with such a compost of mumpers and tun-barrels as these!

  • It's the shell of a compost pit for the hotel that's goin' to be built around here.