feces

/ˈfiːsiːz/ (bre, ipa) · [fˈisˌiz] /ˈfiːsiːz/ (ame, ipa)

feces — noun

1. solid waste from a person or animal's body after digestion, passed out through t

1.名詞C1
釋義

solid waste from a person or animal's body after digestion, passed out through the anus.

例句

The nurse sent Felipe's feces sample to the lab before noon.

feces sample + sent to the lab

Dark feces worried Quinn, so the doctor ordered more tests.

dark feces as a symptom

同義詞
  • stool

    the most common neutral term in medical talk with patients

  • excrement

    more technical or formal, and often used for animal waste too

  • shit

    very informal or vulgar, unlike the formal tone of feces

文法句型

feces sample

blood in the feces

human/animal feces

用法筆記

Mostly used in medical, laboratory, or public-health contexts. In everyday English, people usually say stool, poop, or shit depending on the setting and tone. The word often appears in fixed phrases such as feces sample, human feces, and blood in the feces.

常見錯誤

❌The dog left a feces on the kitchen floor.
✅The dog left feces on the kitchen floor.
💡feces is not normally used with 'a' before it.
❌The report found feceses in the cage.
✅The report found feces in the cage.
💡do not add another plural ending; feces already has its fixed form.