midden
英 ['mɪd(ə)n]
美
- n. （英）堆肥；（英）垃圾箱；贝丘
英英释义
- 1. (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
- 2. a heap of dung or refuse
实用场景例句
- Better woo over the midden than over the moor.
- 愿嫁邻家男,不嫁外乡汉.
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- He spewed sentences whose dependent clauses piled up into midden heaps of outrage or joy.
- 讲话总是滔滔不绝,通过大量的语法从句表达自己的愤怒或欢乐.
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中文词源
midden 粪堆，垃圾堆，贝丘
来自中古英语myddyng,来自古丹麦语mykdyngja,来自myk-,粪，词源同mucus,muck,dyngja,粪堆，词源同dung.后用于考古学术语贝丘，因从丹麦古代厨房遗址所挖掘出的贝壳残骸而得名。参考百度百科。
英文词源
- midden
- midden: see muck
- midden (n.)
- mid-14c., "dung hill," of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish mødding, from møg "muck" (see muck (n.)) + dynge "heap of dung" (see dung). Modern archaeological sense of "kitchen midden" is from Danish excavations.
双语例句
- 1. Better woo over the midden than over the moor.
- 愿嫁邻家男,不嫁外乡汉.
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- 2. He spewed sentences whose dependent clauses piled up into midden heaps of outrage or joy.
- 讲话总是滔滔不绝,通过大量的语法从句表达自己的愤怒或欢乐.
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