| 单词 | live weight |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslive weight live weight n. the weight of an animal before it is slaughtered and prepared as a carcass; also attributive and as adv. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > weight of live weight1785 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > amount determined by weighing > weight of an animal before it is slaughtered live weight1785 1785 Ann. Agric. 4 172 Fat hogs to 16 score common, sell them at Shrewsbury by live weight at 4d. per lb. 1850 G. Law tr. J. B. Boussingault Rural Econ. ix. 455 The weight of the several animals must also be taken into account, in seeking to estimate the increase realized upon every 100 lbs. of live weight during the fattening. 1852 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 3 151 Two hundred lambs..weighing some one hundred pounds..live weight. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 12 Jan. 50 More than 3½ lb. of food to make 1 lb. of liveweight gain. 1972 Country Life 30 Nov. 1504/2 These small birds [sc. turkeys]..are killed out..when they achieve liveweights of about 8½ lb. 2000 Tuam (County Galway) Herald & Western Advertiser 8 July 8/1 (advt.) Ideally lambs should weigh between 39 and 42 kg. liveweight. < as lemmas |
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