单词 | field season |
释义 | > as lemmasfield season field season n. †(a) Agriculture the time of year in which ploughing takes place (obsolete); (b) the period of time during which fieldwork, now esp. archaeological or anthropological research, is carried out. ΚΠ 1846 Amer. Farmer Feb. 226/1 Horses may not be detached from the plough during the busy field season. 1851 R. Smyth & H. L. Thuiller Man. Surv. India 580 Surveyors are amply provided for starting their work at the commencement of each Field season. 1889 Science 17 May 382/2 This investigation, conducted from time to time, as opportunity offered, throughout the field-season of 1885, included experiments upon the geysers and hot-springs. 1898 E. Young Kingdom of Yellow Robe x. 210 Two curious ceremonies take place each year in connection with the agricultural operations. One is held in connection with the opening of the field season. 1923 Condor 25 39 The data we have gathered during recent field seasons may possibly be of interest. 1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma (1996) ii. 34 Toward the end of the field season, Dubois discovered the skull-cap of a humanlike creature in a stream bank in Java. < as lemmas |
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