| 单词 | grasshoppered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈgrasshoppered ˈgrasshoppered adj. U.S. (now somewhat rare and chiefly historical) (of a crop) destroyed by grasshoppers; (of a farmer, region, etc.) affected by such destruction; cf. grasshopper v. 3. ΚΠ 1874 Algona (Iowa) Republican 1 Apr. Mr R. made his visit during the latter part of February, making a tour through the grasshoppered section and attending in person to distributing the supplies. 1875 Monthly Rep. Dept. Agric. July 279 Hundreds of acres of grasshoppered corn being replanted. 1911 Amer. Bee Jrnl. Jan. 15/3 Grasshoppered alfalfa hay will not be eaten by cattle or horses if they can get anything else. 1914 J. L. E. Peck et al. Past & Present of O'Brien & Osceola Counties, Iowa I. ii. 58 The pitiful appeals of the ‘grasshoppered’ homesteaders for credit and groceries and clothing became too strong. 1950 G. S. Reeves Man from S. Dakota xix. 248 ‘You've got to deed your land to the government. To hell with that noise.’ I looked at his hundred and sixty acres of grasshoppered rockpile and thought privately, why not? < as lemmas |
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