excrement: [16] Latin excrēmentum meant originally ‘that which is sifted out’ (it was a derivative of the verb excernere, a compound formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and cernere ‘sift, decide’, from which English gets certain). Hence it was applied metaphorically to any substance that is excreted from or secreted by the body, including sweat, nasal mucus, and milk, as well as faeces. (English acquired excrete [17], incidentally, from the past participle of excernere, excrētus.) This very general sense survived in English into the mid 18th century, when it was finally ousted by the more specific ‘faeces’. (Increment, by the way, is a completely unrelated word, coming ultimately from Latin crēscere ‘grow’.) => certain, crime, critic, discern, discriminate, secret
excrement (n.)
1530s, "waste discharged from the body," from Latin excrementum, from stem of excretus, past participle of excernere "to sift out, discharge," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + cernere "sift, separate" (see crisis). Originally any bodily secretion, especially from the bowels; exclusive sense of "feces" is since mid-18c. Related: Excremental; excrementitious.
雙語例句
1. the pollution of drinking water by untreated human excrement
未經(jīng)處理的人體排泄物對(duì)飲用水的污染
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The cage smelled of excrement.
籠子里糞臭熏人。
來自辭典例句
3. Clothing can also become contaminated with dust, feathers, and excrement.
衣著則會(huì)受到微塵 、 羽毛和糞便的污染.
來自辭典例句
4. The pavement was covered in dogs'excrement.
便道上滿是狗屎.
來自辭典例句
5. Surface of excrement and urine often can see blood.