| 释义 |
self-sown, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
[self- 2. Cf. ON. sjálfsáinn.]
Sown by itself without human or animal agency. Hence self-sow v. intr., to propagate itself by seed.
1608Plat Garden of Eden (ed. Bellingham 1653) 78 These seeds will also come up well, being self-sowen. 1664Evelyn Sylva Introd. 3 Oaklings, young Beeches, Ash,..spring from the self-sown mast and keys. a1746Holdsworth Rem. & Diss. Virgil (1768) 85, I rather believe, he means self-sown plants, and adds—‘Nullis hominum cogentibus’,—to explain his meaning. 1853O. W. Holmes Poem Amer. Med. Assoc. 50 The bud that came Self-sown in your poor garden's borders. 1908[Miss Fowler] Betw. Trent & Ancholme 379 The annuals being self-sown year by year. 1909Country Life in Amer. Aug. 394/1 Annuals that ‘self-sow’ are welcome. 1980Country Life 3 July 52/2 The milk thistle..might self-sow over-exuberantly. |