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excrete
  • Conjugation : past  excreted ; ing  excreting
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

excrete [εk'skrɪt] [eks'krɪːt]
  1. 1. vt.,vi. 排泄分泌
  2. 2. vt.,vi. [Botany] (从细胞排泄废物

Collins English-English Dictionary

excrete [ɪk'skriːt]
  1. 1. vb to discharge (waste matter, such as urine, sweat, carbon dioxide, or faeces) from the body through the kidneys, skin, lungs, bowels, etc
  2. 2. vb (of plants) to eliminate (waste matter, such as carbon dioxide and salts) through the leaves, roots, etc
  3. 3. vb [Etymology] C17: from Latin excernere to separate, discharge, from cernere to sift

Examples

排泄粪便
excrete faeces and urine

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