| 释义 |
hoeing, vbl. n.|ˈhəʊɪŋ|
[f. hoe v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. hoe; stirring up the ground, digging, weeding, etc. with a hoe.
1676Worlidge Cyder (1691) 77 They require your care in hawing. 1699Evelyn Kal. Hort. (ed. 9) 87 Begin the work of Haughing. 1787Winter Syst. Husb. 211 Hoeing is the breaking or dividing of the soil by plows or other instruments, while the corn or plants are growing thereon. 1842Brand Dict. Sci. etc. s.v., Hoeing is sometimes performed on surfaces which are without weeds, for the purpose of stirring the soil.
b. Comb., as hoeing-instrument, hoeing-machine, hoeing-time.
1744–50W. Ellis Mod. Husbandm. IV. iii. 27 If the Ground is wettish at Houghing-time. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Hoeing Machine..for tending drilled or dibbled crops. |