单词 | aquaponics |
释义 | aquaponicsn. 1. = hydroponics n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > [noun] > hydroponics aquaculture1887 sand culture1916 drip culture1923 aquaponics1937 hydroponics1937 gravel culture1940 ring culture1953 1937 A. T. Bawden Man's Physical Universe 657 Modern Science has, at last, enabled man to produce an over-abundance of food through the use of fertilizers, insecticides, plant breeding, irrigation, aquaponics, and other factors. 1989 Botany 29 148 When plants are grown in a 100 percent nutrient solution, it is sometimes referred to as ‘aquaponics’. 2. A system of aquaculture combined with hydroponics, in which the effluent from the farming of fish or other aquatic animals supplies the nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water. ΚΠ 1981 Nation's Business Nov. 65/3 Organizers plan to grow everything from bananas to shrimp through aquaponics, hydroponics, multicropping, sand culture, aqua-cell modes and whatever else today's farmer has never dreamed of. 1993 Valley Independent (Monessen, Pa.) 8 Jan. 5 a/5 Herbal tea party, emu farming and hydroponics and aquaponics are scheduled Sunday. 2004 G. F. Van Patten Hydroponic Basics v. 53 Still in its infancy, aquaponics is following a steady upward growth curve. 2011 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 11 Sept. (Herald-Times ed.) a8/1 A new indoor fish-growing and aquaponics facility will enable inmates to grow fish for meals. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1937 |
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