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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries泔水
Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gǎn shuǐ
"农民把泔水倒进猪槽里。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Liquid or semi-liquid food consisting of kitchen refuse and waste liquids, fed to pigs.
"The farmer carried a heavy bucket of swill out to the pigs."
- 1
To drink large quantities of something rapidly or greedily.
"They spent the evening sitting at the pub, swilling pints of ale."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English swillan, meaning to wash or to swill, of Germanic origin and imitative of the sound of liquid washing around. Historically, the meaning shifted in the late Middle Ages to refer to liquid refuse or kitchen waste fed to pigs, and later came to denote cheap or unpalatable alcoholic drink.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Swill" is said worldwide
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auge
Transliteration: ozh
"Les cochons se sont précipités sur le swill."
Schlachtfutter
Transliteration: shlakht-futo
"Der Bauer fütterte die Schweine mit Spülicht."
luride
Transliteration: loo-ree-deh
"I maiali mangiano il pastone."
aguachile
Transliteration: ah-gwah-chee-leh
"El granjero alimentó a los cerdos con heces."
lavagem
Transliteration: luh-vah-zhayng
"Os porcos comeram a lavagem com entusiasmo."
सूअर का चारा
Transliteration: suar ka chara
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"किसान ने सूअर के लिए चारा तैयार किया।"
泔水
Transliteration: gǎn shuǐ
Script: 中文汉字
"农民把泔水倒进猪槽里。"
잔밥
Transliteration: jan-bap
Script: 한국어 한글
"농부는 돼지에게 잔밥을 주었다."
残り餌
Transliteration: nokori-esa
Script: 日本語
"農夫は豚に残り餌を与えた。"
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