Excreta is a laboratory and public-health word for the waste people and animals send out of the body. It usually covers more than solid waste: urine and faeces, and sometimes other discharged matter.

Excreta is excreta 是 a laboratory and public-health word一個實驗室和公共衛生用語, for the waste people and animals send out of the body指人和動物從體內排出的廢物。It usually covers more than solid waste它通常涵蓋的不只是固體廢物: urine and faeces尿液和糞便, and sometimes other discharged matter有時候也包括其他排出的物質。

You will see it in biology, farming, and hygiene writing, almost never in chat.

You will see it in biology, farming, and hygiene writing你會在生物學、農業和衛生方面的文章裡看到這個字, almost never in chat幾乎不會出現在聊天裡。

It comes from Latin already in a plural shape, and English has never quite settled. Careful science writing may treat it as plural — “the excreta are collected” — though many writers use it as a mass of stuff: “excreta is collected.” Both happen.

It comes from Latin already in a plural shape它從拉丁文來的時候就已經是複數形式, and English has never quite settled而英文一直沒有完全定下來該怎麼用它。Careful science writing may treat it as plural講究的科學寫作可能把它當複數用——"the excreta are collected"「the excreta are collected」——though many writers use it as a mass of stuff雖然很多作者把它當成一整團東西來用: "excreta is collected."「excreta is collected」。Both happen兩種說法都有人用。

Though actually, students often treat it as a fancy twin of excrement. The tidy difference is that excrement usually points at faeces, while excreta is the broader bin the lab uses.

Though actually不過事實上, students often treat it as a fancy twin of excrement學生常常把它當成 excrement 比較花俏的同義字。The tidy difference is that整齊一點的區別是 excrement usually points at faeces excrement 通常指的是糞便, while excreta is the broader bin the lab uses而 excreta 是實驗室用的比較大的分類籃子。