英语词汇“in high case”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. U.S. With reference to tobacco: condition with respect to moistness. Frequently in in high case: excessively moist (see high adj. 12c).

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1640 in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 98 Bad Tobacco shall be judged..[what is] sooty, wett, or in too high Case.

1661 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1913) 8 7 [Two hogsheads of tobacco] struck in too high case and in a rotting condition.

1789 Amer. Museum June 540/2 If the tobacco is too high in case when it is struck, it will be apt to rot when it gets into a sweat.

1800 W. Tatham Hist. & Pract. Ess. Tobacco 37 It must be stretched gently over the ends of the fingers and knuckles, and if it is in good case, i.e. plight, or condition, it will discover an elastic capacity.

1898 Agric. Jrnl. (Dept. Agric. Cape Good Hope) 3 Feb. 145 If the tobacco is in high case, that is, quite moist, the bulks have to be turned over frequently in order to prevent too rapid action and to shake out the leaves which would otherwise stick together.

1901 Proc. 14th Ann. Convent. Assoc. Amer. Agric. Colleges & Exper. Stations 1900 107 It should hang up long enough in the barn to go in and out of ‘case’ several times.

2013 A. K. Ferrell Burley i. ii. 82 The tobacco..cannot be too casey or in high case (too wet) because then the risk is that it will rot after it has been stripped.

单词	in high case
释义	> as lemmas in high case b. U.S. With reference to tobacco: condition with respect to moistness. Frequently in in high case: excessively moist (see high adj. 12c). ΚΠ 1640 in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 98 Bad Tobacco shall be judged..[what is] sooty, wett, or in too high Case. 1661 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1913) 8 7 [Two hogsheads of tobacco] struck in too high case and in a rotting condition. 1789 Amer. Museum June 540/2 If the tobacco is too high in case when it is struck, it will be apt to rot when it gets into a sweat. 1800 W. Tatham Hist. & Pract. Ess. Tobacco 37 It must be stretched gently over the ends of the fingers and knuckles, and if it is in good case, i.e. plight, or condition, it will discover an elastic capacity. 1898 Agric. Jrnl. (Dept. Agric. Cape Good Hope) 3 Feb. 145 If the tobacco is in high case, that is, quite moist, the bulks have to be turned over frequently in order to prevent too rapid action and to shake out the leaves which would otherwise stick together. 1901 Proc. 14th Ann. Convent. Assoc. Amer. Agric. Colleges & Exper. Stations 1900 107 It should hang up long enough in the barn to go in and out of ‘case’ several times. 2013 A. K. Ferrell Burley i. ii. 82 The tobacco..cannot be too casey or in high case (too wet) because then the risk is that it will rot after it has been stripped. extracted from casen.¹ < as lemmas
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