单词 | huerta |
释义 | huertan. A piece of irrigated land in Spain or in the Spanish-speaking areas of Latin America; also, an orchard. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > irrigated land sawah1783 huerta1838 saaidam1925 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > orchard or fruit garden orchardOE arbour1377 pomaryc1390 orchat1499 fruit-yard1555 fruitery1609 tope1698 orcharding1721 arbory1792 huerta1838 1838 A. Ganilh Mexico v. Texas i. 13 He was resting himself, and enjoying the cool of the evening breeze, under a spreading orange tree, in his huerta. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. ii. iv. 287 The justicia will compel us to restore the ass; we have, however, already removed her to our huerta out of the town. 1859 T. R. Warren Dust & Foam viii. 225 In each of these huertas is a reservoir, built of masonry, through which water is constantly flowing. 1924 Glasgow Herald 28 July 5 The huertas merge into a delicious confusion of flower and fruit. 1934 M. R. Shackleton Europe vii. 89 From the Ebro delta to Cape de la Nao in Valencia, the irrigated districts (‘huertas’, from Lat. hortus = a garden) are practically continuous along the coast. 1958 W. B. Fisher & H. Bowen-Jones Spain iv. 52 Originally developed by the Moslems, the ‘huertas’ are small, highly cultivated plots which depend on irrigation water brought by an intricate system of channels, aqueducts and lifts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1838 |
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