| 词汇 | guano |
| 释义 | guano noun[ U ] uk /ˈɡwɑː.nəʊ/ us /ˈɡwɑː.noʊ/ the excrement (= solid waste) of sea birds and bats: 海鸟粪 Guano is often used as a fertilizer.海鸟粪常用来作肥料。 Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion accident anal fissure bathroom be caught/taken shortidiom bodily function bowel cowpat defecate dog dirt dunghill excreta excrete go to the bathroomidiom motion movement pass poo poop regular stool Examples of guanoguano For both voyages samples of penguin guano had profuse growth. The growths were of mixed organisms and showed morphologically similar bacteria in all specimens that were the same as the bacteria grown from guano. Again, there was no guano; no trees grew, and the handful of inhabitants told them that no birds visited. Further, the baths on the deck were partially frozen by the cold, so some guano remained compressed in the tread. The pebbles cemented in guano, are in a swale about 10 m east of the 1911 hut porch. Of immediate consequence to the coastal peoples there are the disruptions to the fishing industry and to the birds who donate their nitrogen-rich guano. Both soils were submitted to penguins guano during the summer season. In general dry places harboured the guano with the most ammonia. After this episode, the businessmen seem to have lost interest in the guano. I did not see the least sign of guano on the top of the island. Commercially available sources of nutrients that are permitted for organic agriculture are biofertilizers, bat guano and rock-phosphate. Unfortunately, the locally available guano was not included in these studies. Businessmen from several nations had explored the possibility of extracting guano from these islets, which were known for a fabulous bird life. Although developments in chemistry would displace the need for guano within two decades, the desire for guano was then very striking. Toasts were drunk, cheers raised, and the flag planted, all whilst ankle-deep in the guano of a resident penguin colony. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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