dropping
dropping — 名詞
1. small pieces of solid waste from animals or birds, often found in pellet-like sh
糞便
動物或鳥類的排泄物
small pieces of solid waste from animals or birds, often found in pellet-like shapes on the ground or on surfaces.
Bilal had to wash bird droppings off his car before driving to the meeting.
Bilal 不得不在開車去開會前，把車上的鳥糞洗掉。
collocation: bird droppings
The forest path was dotted with small round rabbit droppings.
森林小徑上到處都是小小的圓形兔子糞便。
collocation: rabbit droppings
Sirin saw droppings on the grass and knew a fox had been in the garden.
Sirin 看到草地上的糞便，就知道有狐狸來過花園。
Lan covered her vegetable beds with netting to keep bird droppings off the leaves.
Lan 用網子蓋住她的菜圃，以免鳥糞掉在葉子上。
preventative use: keep + [object] + off
The park ranger identified the animal by studying the droppings left near the campsite.
公園管理員藉由觀察營地附近的糞便，來辨識是哪一種動物。
- bird droppings
- rabbit droppings
- animal droppings
- pigeon droppings
- rat droppings
- mouse droppings
文法句型
[animal/bird] + droppings
用法筆記
Always used in the plural form 'droppings'. The singular 'dropping' is not used for animal waste. Common word-formation pattern: '[animal/bird name] + droppings' (e.g., 'pigeon droppings', 'rat droppings').
常見錯誤
2. small pieces or objects that have fallen from a higher surface, especially as wa
掉落物
掉下或散落的碎片
small pieces or objects that have fallen from a higher surface, especially as waste or by accident during an activity.
Sirin swept up the bread droppings from under the kitchen table.
Sirin 把餐桌下的麵包屑掃了起來。
noun modifier: bread droppings
The machine scattered metal droppings across the factory floor every shift.
這台機器每次輪班都會在工廠地面上散落金屬碎屑。
Lan noticed paint droppings on the newspaper she had spread over the desk.
Lan 注意到她鋪在桌上的報紙上有油漆碎屑。
A tray under the toast rack caught all the crumb droppings.
吐司架下方的托盤接住了所有掉落的麵包碎。
passive structure with agentive by-phrase implied
- bread droppings
- paint droppings
- metal droppings
- crumb droppings
文法句型
[material/type] + droppings
用法筆記
Typically used in the plural form 'droppings' and often preceded by a noun that describes the type of material (e.g., 'bread droppings', 'paint droppings'). The singular 'dropping' is also possible for a single fallen piece but is far less common.