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单词 compost
释义
compost
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒm.pɒst/us
/ˈkɑːm.poʊst/
decayingplantmaterialthat isaddedtosoiltoimproveitsquality
混合肥料；堆肥
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  • agrochemical
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  • fructify
  • fungicide
  • herbicide
  • improver
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  • irrigate
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compost
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒm.pɒst/us
/ˈkɑːm.poʊst/
tocollectandstoreplantmaterialso it candecayand beaddedtosoiltoimproveitsquality:
把…...制成堆肥
Restaurants should compostfoodwastewheneverpossible.餐馆应该尽量将厨余制成堆肥。
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Collecting and amassing
  • accumulate
  • aggregation
  • amass
  • assemble
  • bank
  • bunch
  • concentrate
  • concentration
  • fundraise
  • fundraising
  • garner
  • gather
  • glean
  • grubber
  • harvest
  • reassemble
  • reconcentrate
  • reconcentration
  • remote sensing
  • scrapesomething/someonetogether/up
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Improving fertility & pest control
Decaying and staying fresh

Related word

composting
(Definition ofcompostfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Compost is like dung – full of nutrients for the soil.
  • Crops were fertilized using animal manure and compost.
  • People also use animal waste, dead plants, and old food to make compost.
  • People use compost in their gardens to make the soil better.
  • A good place for the leaves is the compost heap.
  • All compost, dung, soil, and ashes arising on the farm were to be bestowed upon it.
  • It grows best in a compost of loam, peat, and sand, with a south or west aspect.
  • Press this compost firmly into the pots to within half an inch of the top.
  • Such a pile of rotting vegetable matter is called a compost pile.

compost| American Dictionary

compost
noun[U]
us
/ˈkɑm·poʊst/
decayingmaterialofplants,unwantedfood, etc.,addedtodirttoimprovethegrowthof newplants
(Definition ofcompostfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcompost

compost
Recyclable material is sold to wholesalers and organic material is composted and then sold in the market.
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The cover crop is periodically clipped and composted in situ.
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Like sulphur-coated urea, composted dairy manure and poultry litter are considered slow release fertilizers.
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During that time period, the ammonium loss from sulphur-coated urea was significantly greater than that measured from the composted dairy manure.
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The ammonium transported in runoff from the composted dairy manure was somewhat consistent for the 10-week study.
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Treatments include ammonium nitrate (closed circles), sulphur-coated urea (open circles), composted dairy manure (closed triangles), and poultry litter (open triangles).
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The possible contribution of a composting inoculum on decomposition and nutrient content was evaluated by subjecting the mixtures to inoculation.
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Samples were collected from each treatment at 4-week intervals from the start of the composting process until 16 weeks.
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Increasing the proportion of banana residue in the mixture (as in the 2: 1: 1 treatments) means lengthening the composting period to 8 weeks.
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After the pulping the coffee beans are washed and the remaining pulp is usually composted.
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Sustained coffee production will, therefore, require correction of this negative balance by regular application of inorganic fertilizers and/or large amounts of nutrient-rich composts.
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Landfarming is similar to composting systems for destroying organic or biological sludges from municipal and industrial waste water treatment systems.
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Nutrient losses in surface and subsurface flow from pasture applied poultry litter and composted poultry litter.
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Effect of composted organic amendments on the incidence of bacterial wilt to tomato.
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The nutrient supplying capacity of banana residues in combination with leguminous materials and chicken manure was investigated in composting studies.
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