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midden noun [ C ] uk/ˈmɪd.ən/ us/ˈmɪd.ən/ 粪堆;垃圾堆a heap (= large pile) of animal waste, or waste material thrown away by human beings in the past It was customary for dung and bedding to be rotted for up to a year in a midden before spreading on the land. 传统的做法是让粪便和垫料在洞穴中腐烂最多一年，然后再撒到土地上。 更多例句- The cell stank like a midden and the straw underfoot had lain so long it was a black, oozy mess.
- The shell middens are prehistoric trash dumps, where the Karankawa tossed oyster and clam shells, broken pottery, bones of their meals and other refuse.
- So many red deer bones have been found at refuse middens dating from this period it would appear that venison was the prime meat source for about 50,000 years in southern Europe.
- He rocked the administration two years ago, by revealing it as a steaming midden of lies and duplicity.
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