compost

compost — 名詞

1. a dark brown material produced by the natural breakdown of leaves and other plan

1.名詞B1
釋義

堆肥

腐熟有機物，可改善土壤

a dark brown material produced by the natural breakdown of leaves and other plant matter, used in gardens to make the soil richer and improve plant growth.

例句

Ari spread a layer of compost around the tomato plants in his vegetable patch.

Ari 在菜園裡的番茄植株周圍鋪了一層堆肥。

collocation: spread a layer of compost

The community garden sells bags of compost to local residents every spring.

社區花園每年春天都會把袋裝堆肥賣給當地居民。

同義詞
  • fertilizer

    broader term — compost is a specific type of organic fertilizer; fertilizer can also be chemical

  • humus

    technically the fully decomposed layer of soil, but often used interchangeably with compost in informal gardening talk

用法筆記

Usually uncountable. In gardening contexts, it can be made countable when referring to different types or batches ('a good compost', 'several composts').

常見錯誤

❌I threw the banana peel into the compost.' (when meaning the bin).
✅I threw the banana peel into the compost bin.
💡'compost' is the material, not the container.

compost — 動詞