excrement

/ˈekskrɪmənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈekskrɪmənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈek-skrə-mənt/ (ame, mw)

excrement — noun

1. solid material that people or animals pass out after digesting food, especially

1.名詞C1
釋義

solid material that people or animals pass out after digesting food, especially as referred to in formal, medical, or scientific writing.

例句

Researchers found bat excrement in the cave beneath the old temple.

field research: bat excrement

The stable worker wore gloves while cleaning horse excrement from the stall.

clean up animal excrement

同義詞
  • feces

    more technical and more common in laboratory or scientific writing

  • stool

    preferred in medical conversations and test names such as 'stool sample'

  • droppings

    used mainly for waste from birds and smaller animals, not usually for people

文法句型

animal excrement

human excrement

用法筆記

Usually treated as an uncountable noun and most common in formal, scientific, legal, or environmental descriptions. In everyday conversation, speakers often prefer a less formal word such as 'poop', while medical contexts often use 'stool' or 'feces' instead.

常見錯誤

❌The hiker stepped on a dog excrement near the gate.
✅The hiker stepped on dog excrement near the gate.
💡'excrement' is usually uncountable, so do not use 'a' before it.