dung

• 肥料を与える
• n. 糞
• n.(糞)人の名前；(カンボジア語で)dong.

PIE*dhengh「覆う」から。dungの意味は、古ゲルマン時代に人々が冬に暖を取るために地下室の上に糞を敷いたことに由来する。

dung

dung: see dingy

dung (n.)

Old English dung "manure, fertilizer," common Germanic (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon dung "manure;" Old High German tunga "manuring," tung "underground room covered with manure;" German Dung; Old Norse dyngja "heap of manure, women's apartment; Swedish dynga "dung, muck;" Danish dynge "heap, mass, pile"), perhaps from a PIE *dhengh- "covering" (cognates: Lithuanian dengti "to cover," Old Irish dingim "I press").

The word recalls the ancient Germanic custom (reported by Tacitus) of covering underground shelters with manure to keep in warmth in winter. The meaning "animal excrement," whether used as fertilizer or not, is from late 13c.

The whole body of journeymen tailors is divided into two classes, denominated Flints and Dungs: the former work by the day and receive all equal wages; the latter work generally by the piece [1824].

Dung beetle attested by 1630s. In colloquial American English, tumble-bug. An Old English word for it was tordwifel "turd weevil."

1. The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung .

サイロには新しい糞の甘酸っぱいにおいが漂っている。

2.You can see the fresh buffalo dung on the country road.

田舎の小道では、地下に入って間もない水牛糞を見ることができます。

3.Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them.

ビートルは糞の粒を埋め、そこに卵を産んだ。

4. Dung is used as manure.

糞を肥料として使用する。

5.It 's too bad to see a fresh flower on a heap of cow- dung .He 'll be the ruin of her！

花を牛の糞に挿して、本当に彼女をめちゃくちゃにした！