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单词 hand hoe
释义

hand hoen.

Brit. /ˈhand həʊ/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d) ˌhoʊ/
Forms: see hand n. and hoe n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., hoe n.2
Etymology: < hand n. + hoe n.2
A hand-held hoe, esp. as distinguished from a horse-hoe (horse-hoe n.).
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1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 162 We can, if we please, cleanse the Partitions with a Hand-Hough.
1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. vii. 264 I kept the spaces between the rows quite clear of weeds with hand-hoes.
1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 375 The hand-hoes destroy those that are too near the beans for this skimmer or horse-hoe.
1853 Catal. Royal Agric. Soc. Show Gloucester 111 A Hand Hoe for Corn and Turnips.
1909 Amer. Poultry Advocate Aug. 547/2 The wheel hoe is a blessing... It is so much a pleasure we go over ours three or four times where we would only go once with the hand hoe.
1958 H. G. Sanders Outl. Brit. Crop Husbandry (ed. 3) 102 Thistles are also cut below the ground on grassland, but an ordinary hand hoe is rarely used because of the hardness of the ground.
1990 R. Staines Market Gardening vi. 81 For small areas nothing can beat the good old hand hoe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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