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excrete
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excreted
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excreting
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- excrete
[εk'skrɪt]
[eks'krɪːt]
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1.
vt.,vi.
排泄,分泌
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2.
vt.,vi.
[Botany]
(从细胞)排泄(废物)
Collins English-English Dictionary
- excrete
[ɪk'skriːt]
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vb
to discharge (waste matter, such as urine, sweat, carbon dioxide, or faeces) from the body through the kidneys, skin, lungs, bowels, etc
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2.
vb
(of plants) to eliminate (waste matter, such as carbon dioxide and salts) through the leaves, roots, etc
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3.
vb
[Etymology]
C17: from Latin excernere to separate, discharge, from cernere to sift
Examples
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排泄粪便
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excrete faeces and urine
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