| 单词 | groundkeeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgroundkeeper groundkeeper n. (a) Cricket = groundsman n.; (b) a root vegetable accidentally left in the ground during harvesting. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun] > edible root(s) or bulb(s) provision1800 groundkeeper1876 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > ground-keeper groundkeeper1876 groundsman1886 1876 A. Haygarth's Cricket Scores & Biogr. V. 16 [G. H. Wright was engaged] on the Bramhall Ground, at Sheffield, where he still remains as groundkeeper. 1938 Nature 17 Sept. 530/1 Future policy..should aim at..the suppression of ground-keepers, always a fertile source of virus infection [in potatoes]. 1961 New Scientist 30 Mar. 795/3 The mild winter has also meant that more beet crowns, ‘groundkeepers’ (the beet missed by the lifting machines), and common weeds infected by the virus will have lasted through the winter. < as lemmas |
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