urea

IPA/jʊˈriːə/
KK[jɚˈiə]IPA/jʊˈriːə/

urea — 名詞

1. a white chemical substance that contains nitrogen. Living bodies create it as wa

1.名詞B2
釋義

尿素

含氮廢物,存於尿液及肥料

a white chemical substance that contains nitrogen. Living bodies create it as waste and expel it in urine. Factories can produce it from ammonia. It is put into plant foods and livestock feeds, and used when manufacturing plastics.

例句

The kidneys filter urea from blood and pass it out of the body in urine.

腎臟將尿素從血液中過濾出來,再透過尿液排出體外。

uncountable noun; used with verb 'filter'

Farmers spread granular urea on rice fields before planting to increase the harvest.

農夫在插秧前將顆粒狀尿素撒在稻田裡,以增加收成。

collocation: granular urea / spread urea

同義詞
  • carbamide

    the chemical-science name for urea, used mainly in pharmaceutical and laboratory settings

文法句型

uncountable noun — no plural form; used with singular verbs

用法筆記

Because urea is a substance, it is uncountable and has no plural form. It appears most often in science, farming, and manufacturing contexts rather than everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

The lab tested several ureas.
The lab tested several samples of urea.
💡Urea is uncountable and cannot be pluralised.