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单词 defecate
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Definition of defecate in English:

defecate

(British defaecate)
verb ˈdiːfɪkeɪtˈdɛfɪkeɪtˈdɛfəˌkeɪt
[no object]
  • Discharge faeces from the body.

    排便

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It wrecks the ground, the fencing is pulled down, there are people defecating in the woods and everything,’ he said.
    • Deer walk around what you call the North Dakota / Saskatchewan border, eating on one side of it and defecating on the other, without ever seeing any sort of line.
    • There are no toilets on the site and residents complained last night that children are being exposed to the site of people urinating and defecating around the encampment.
    • Drinking warm liquids in the morning is particularly helpful to stimulate bowel activity because your body naturally wants to defecate about a half hour after consuming a warm beverage.
    • She has received complaints about louts as young as 12 who have been setting fire to bushes, defecating and urinating on doorsteps, fighting, damaging cars and hurling a tirade of abuse at shoppers.
    • Good personal hygiene, including thorough hand washing after defecating and before handling food, is also very essential for preventing the spread of hepatitis A.
    • By daybreak, the elephants were gone, and in their place came a troupe of perhaps 60 baboons, some descending from the mopane trees to lift anything moveable, their pals defecating from a great height on the car.
    • Eight-legged skin mites, for whom your shed skin is a perpetual feast, ride atop these skin flakes, munching and defecating and copulating and giving birth and dying.
    • Laws however, could not prevent people defecating in the open.
    • The outhouses were put here to keep people from defecating on the street.
    • The functioning of the treatment plant is necessary, as the water from the hippo enclosure has to be cleaned at least once in five days, as the animal defecates in water.
    • In this story, the first sago came from inside a man's body who defecated and the sago fell to the ground and became a sago palm.
    • If a dog defecates in the parks, the person in charge of the dog shall remove the faeces and deposit it in a litter bin or other receptacle which may be designated for the purpose.
    • Usually the maid removes the bottom of the birdcage with a water-filled plastic container that the birds frolic in, almost always after defecating in it.
    • While I am out at work, a neighbour's dog defecates on my doorstep with alarming regularity.
    • It is a sad indictment of our times that in the twenty-first century, people in the developing world cannot access safe water and are filling bowls from streams, queuing at village pumps and defecating in ‘free range’ toilets.
    • ‘Anywhere anyone is defecating in the woods, you're at risk for viruses,’ he warns.
    • Rosim and Misiono were swept away while they were fishing in Gentan River here while Mulyorejo was believed to have been dragged by strong currents while defecating in the swollen Mertalu River.
    • They cleared the parthenium growing by the roadside, instituted a system of fines if someone is caught defecating near the road, and are negotiating with the government for funds to build toilets.
    • But people use these green lawns for defecating.
    Synonyms
    excrete, pass/discharge/excrete faeces, have a bowel movement, have a BM, evacuate one's bowels, open one's bowels, void excrement, relieve oneself, go to the lavatory
    informal do number two, do a pooh, do a whoopsie
    vulgar slang crap, have a crap, shit, have a shit, dump, have a dump

Derivatives

  • defecator

  • noun
    • We've had to put up with acts of vandalism, urinating, defecators and damage to cars and property.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Community-level studies also combine seed regurgitators and seed defecators, for whom costs of seed ingestion are likely to be quite different.
      • In some cases it was not possible to record individual defecator information, and instead after the study group vacated an area, the area was searched for fresh fecal samples.
  • defecatory

  • adjective
    • Then there's the words relating to bodily functions, be that copulatory or defecatory.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Finally when I did have to release a chocolate hostage, I mounted up and went to the bathroom to meet the defecatory destiny that exists in my professional life.
      • As many as 6-10% of all women experience new defecatory symptoms postpartum, and anywhere between 13% and 20% experience loss of control of flatus.
      • Degenerative neuromuscular disorders which affect the defecatory process are extremely difficult to treat and in some instances a colostomy is the only socially acceptable intervention.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'clear of dregs, purify'): from Latin defaecat- 'cleared of dregs', from the verb defaecare, from de- (expressing removal) + faex, faec- 'dregs'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

  • This originally meant ‘clear of dregs, purify’ from Latin defaecare, formed from de- (expressing removal) and faex, faec- ‘dregs’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

Definition of defecate in US English:

defecate

verbˈdefəˌkātˈdɛfəˌkeɪt
[no object]
  • Discharge feces from the body.

    排便

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a sad indictment of our times that in the twenty-first century, people in the developing world cannot access safe water and are filling bowls from streams, queuing at village pumps and defecating in ‘free range’ toilets.
    • ‘Anywhere anyone is defecating in the woods, you're at risk for viruses,’ he warns.
    • Usually the maid removes the bottom of the birdcage with a water-filled plastic container that the birds frolic in, almost always after defecating in it.
    • Eight-legged skin mites, for whom your shed skin is a perpetual feast, ride atop these skin flakes, munching and defecating and copulating and giving birth and dying.
    • By daybreak, the elephants were gone, and in their place came a troupe of perhaps 60 baboons, some descending from the mopane trees to lift anything moveable, their pals defecating from a great height on the car.
    • But people use these green lawns for defecating.
    • There are no toilets on the site and residents complained last night that children are being exposed to the site of people urinating and defecating around the encampment.
    • It wrecks the ground, the fencing is pulled down, there are people defecating in the woods and everything,’ he said.
    • Rosim and Misiono were swept away while they were fishing in Gentan River here while Mulyorejo was believed to have been dragged by strong currents while defecating in the swollen Mertalu River.
    • Deer walk around what you call the North Dakota / Saskatchewan border, eating on one side of it and defecating on the other, without ever seeing any sort of line.
    • The outhouses were put here to keep people from defecating on the street.
    • If a dog defecates in the parks, the person in charge of the dog shall remove the faeces and deposit it in a litter bin or other receptacle which may be designated for the purpose.
    • They cleared the parthenium growing by the roadside, instituted a system of fines if someone is caught defecating near the road, and are negotiating with the government for funds to build toilets.
    • She has received complaints about louts as young as 12 who have been setting fire to bushes, defecating and urinating on doorsteps, fighting, damaging cars and hurling a tirade of abuse at shoppers.
    • The functioning of the treatment plant is necessary, as the water from the hippo enclosure has to be cleaned at least once in five days, as the animal defecates in water.
    • Good personal hygiene, including thorough hand washing after defecating and before handling food, is also very essential for preventing the spread of hepatitis A.
    • While I am out at work, a neighbour's dog defecates on my doorstep with alarming regularity.
    • Laws however, could not prevent people defecating in the open.
    • Drinking warm liquids in the morning is particularly helpful to stimulate bowel activity because your body naturally wants to defecate about a half hour after consuming a warm beverage.
    • In this story, the first sago came from inside a man's body who defecated and the sago fell to the ground and became a sago palm.
    Synonyms
    excrete, discharge faeces, excrete faeces, pass faeces, have a bowel movement, have a bm, evacuate one's bowels, open one's bowels, void excrement, relieve oneself, go to the lavatory

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘clear of dregs, purify’): from Latin defaecat- ‘cleared of dregs’, from the verb defaecare, from de- (expressing removal) + faex, faec- ‘dregs’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

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