dunger

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person employed to spread or transport dung. obsolete
    — But I will bring over you Dungers with great Dung-Forks, who shall dung thee from off the earth, with thy great heap, as an abominable sin-dunghill.
  2. An old, worn-out machine, especially a car. Australia,New-Zealand
    — I got a free loaner. And this was quite a new car, too. Not like the clunky old dunger without a working heater I had to battle with on a previous occasion in the dead of winter.
  3. An animal that produces dung. obsolete
    — [Worms are] the natural diggers and dungers of land, worm-casts being nothing more than the dung of the worm.
  4. A person employed in the dunging of textiles. obsolete
    — Dunger, dyeing and finishing mill

词形变化

dungers plural dungers plural

词源

词源 1
From dung + -er.
词源 2
From the "dung" sound often made by a worn-out engine.
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