compost
英 ['kɒmpɒst]
美 ['kɑmpost]
- n. 堆肥; 混合物
- vt. コンポスト; 堆肥化
語源
堆肥 混合肥料com-、強調する。-すなわち、腐葉土などをまとめて発酵させ、肥料にすること。
英語の語源
- compost (n.)
- late 14c., compote, from Old French composte "mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land" (13c.), also "condiment," from Vulgar Latin *composita, noun use of fem. of Latin compositus, past participle of componere "to put together" (see composite). The fertilizer sense is attested in English from 1580s, and the French word in this sense is a 19th century borrowing from English.
- compost (v.)
- "make into compost," 1829, from compost (n.). Related: Composted; composting.
例文
- 1. They make compost out of all kinds of waste.
- 彼らは様々な廃棄物で堆肥を製造している。
- 2.Cut down and compost spent cumbers,tomatoes and other crops.
- 収穫したキュウリ、トマト、その他の作物の苗のつるを刈り取って堆肥にする。
- 3.There isn 't time to dig deeply and put in manure or compost .
- 深く掘って肥料や堆肥を施す時間がない。
- 4.In May,mulch the bed with garden compost .
- 5月、苗場に肥料を施す。
- 5.Throw the potato peelings on the compost heap.
- ジャガイモの皮を肥料の山に捨てる.
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