
Composting(名词/动名词)指将有机废物(如厨余、落叶、草屑等)通过自然分解过程转化为富含营养的肥料(堆肥)的做法。动词形式为 compost,意为"进行堆肥"。
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She started composting in her backyard to reduce kitchen waste.
她开始在后院堆肥,以减少厨余垃圾。
By composting leaves, vegetable scraps, and coffee grounds together, the community garden produced rich, dark soil that dramatically improved the yield of their tomato plants.
通过将落叶、蔬菜残渣和咖啡渣一起堆肥,社区花园产出了肥沃的深色土壤,大幅提高了番茄的产量。
Composting 来自名词 compost,源于古法语 composte,再追溯到拉丁语 compositum(意为"混合物、组合"),是 componere(放在一起)的过去分词。最初在英语中指混合物或炖煮的食物,到了17世纪逐渐专指用有机物混合制成的肥料。加上 -ing 后缀,表示"进行堆肥"这一持续性动作或过程。