单词 | frost time |
释义 | > as lemmasfrost time frost time n. the time of year when the weather is typically frosty. ΚΠ c1400 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 145 (MED) In forst tyme [L. tempore gelido]. 1517 J. Skayman Skayman's Bk. 22 Jan. in Farming & Gardening in Late Medieval Norfolk (Norfolk Rec. Soc.) (1997) 124 A Fryday I was at Beiston with the dekers for to ouerse what lawer ther was gatherd thys frost tyme. 1596 W. Gryndall Hawking sig. Iijv Also some vse to set Springes, which is made with a running knot,..which is good to bee set in frost time in springs for Woodcocks and Snipes. 1752 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 60/3 (table) Time of planting..about frost time. 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 125 A plentiful annual plant..it flowers from mid-summer till frost-time. 1929 Cotton or Weevils (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 15 If we can not clean up before frost time, it is often a good thing to pasture our fields with livestock. 2007 K. Barham Westward to Gloryland xiv. 99 It was mid-October, and frost time was near. < as lemmas |
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