• n. （英）堆肥；（英）垃圾箱；貝丘

來自中古英語myddyng,來自古丹麥語mykdyngja,來自myk-,糞，詞源同mucus,muck,dyngja,糞堆，詞源同dung.后用于考古學(xué)術(shù)語貝丘，因從丹麥古代廚房遺址所挖掘出的貝殼殘骸而得名。參考百度百科。

midden

midden: see muck

midden (n.)

mid-14c., "dung hill," of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish m?dding, from m?g "muck" (see muck (n.)) + dynge "heap of dung" (see dung). Modern archaeological sense of "kitchen midden" is from Danish excavations.

1. Better woo over the midden than over the moor.

愿嫁鄰家男,不嫁外鄉(xiāng)漢.

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2. He spewed sentences whose dependent clauses piled up into midden heaps of outrage or joy.

講話總是滔滔不絕,通過大量的語法從句表達(dá)自己的憤怒或歡樂.

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