middens

美 [?m?d(?)n] 　英 ['m?d(?)n]

• n.【考古】貝冢；〈方〉糞堆
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)蠔殼堆；垃圾堆

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：middens  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 〈方〉糞堆;【考古】貝冢

英英解釋

n.	1. an old word meaning “a pile of garbage” or “a pile of animal feces”

例句

Over thousands of years, that urine crystallises and builds up in accumulations that the scientists refer to as "middens" .

經(jīng)由數(shù)千年，那些尿液不竭結(jié)晶并聚積堆集成科學(xué)家所謂的“糞堆”。

Excavations of old rubbish tips (or middens , as archaeologists call them) provide much of our knowledge of everyday life in the past.

對(duì)古老垃圾堆（人類(lèi)學(xué)家叫作貝冢）的挖掘為我們提供了許多關(guān)于古代日常生活的知識(shí)。