| 单词 | long crop |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong crop long crop n. (a) a crop that takes a relatively long time to mature or which produces a good yield for a relatively long time; †(b) a crop that grows to a considerable height (obsolete rare).In quot. 1787 as part of an extended metaphor, with reference to beards. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > pasture pasturea1400 pasturagea1522 bite1768 long crop1787 nibble1875 1787 D. O'Flaherty Sketch Commotions Austrian Netherlands 86 How oft the long crop of a consecrate soil, Has been foster'd by fat, and anointed with oil! 1846–7 S. W. Eager Outl. Hist. Orange County 23 Orange [County] must..supply the daily wants of the city, and leave breeding stock and growing long crops to others. 1878 J. Inglis Sport & Work xi. 121 They generally betake themselves then to some patch of grass, or long-crop outside the jungle. 1890 J. Macdonald Stephens's Bk. of Farm V. 75/1 If two machines are working together, three will be sufficient in a short-strawed crop, while four may be hard enough worked in a long crop. 1902 G. Wythes & H. Roberts Bk. Veg. 61 The plant, though it crops well, does not bear a long crop, the pods being produced in a short time. 1982 B. Stein in Cambr. Econ. Hist. India I. 22 A long crop planted at the time of the onset of the south-west monsoon in May and harvested in September. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Mar. (Features section) 21 Sprouting broccoli produces many smaller heads: picking these encourages more, so those fortunate enough to have space to grow their own can get a good, long crop from just a few plants. < as lemmas |
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