| 单词 | naked fallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnaked fallow b. With preceding modifying word, indicating either that the land is left uncultivated for a full year ( bare fallow, naked fallow), or that a green crop is taken from it ( green fallow, cropped fallow, bastard fallow, etc.).For more established compounds see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > fallow land > other fallows summerlea1572 summer fallow1601 winter fallow1601 twifallowing1610 fallow1684 rag fallow1784 1684 J. Banks Island Queens ii. i. 5 Sorrow has plaid the Tyrant, Plow'd up this lovely Field where Beauties grew, And quite transform'd it to a naked Fallow. 1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. III: Pt. ii. 450 Wheat succeeds, then pease, then barley or oats with clover, and last a bastard fallow. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. x. 369 Green fallows or what are termed fallow crops such as beans, peas, cabbages [etc.]. 1888 Morning Post 21 Nov. 9/1 If the land which is carrying these crops were in bare fallow the available nitrogen, which has enabled the cropped fallows to cover themselves with such a rich green mantle, would be washed away. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) xii. 250 When land badly needs cleaning it is best to use a bare fallow for that purpose before seeding. 1995 N. Hudson Soil Conservation (ed. 3) xi. 266 A similar practice is followed in India where a bare fallow with frequent cultivation is started towards the end of the rainy season..and followed by a crop of pulse or cotton grown during the dry season. naked fallow naked fallow n. now rare a fallow on which no crop is grown, as opposed to one from which a green crop is taken. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > fallow land faugha1325 lea-landc1325 crestc1440 white land1459 fallow1523 hade?1523 rest-field1578 brise1600 summertilth1622 ardera1642 naked fallow1684 soil bank1955 1684 J. Banks Island Queens ii. i. 5 Sorrow has plaid the Tyrant, Plow'd up this lovely Field where Beauties grew, And quite transform'd it to a naked Fallow. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 115 In dark'ning Spots, mid Fields of various Dies, Tilth new-manur'd, or naked Fallow lies. 1808 J. C. Curwen Hints Econ. Feeding Stock 234 Though no friend to naked fallows, I was obliged [etc.]. 1889 J. Wrightson Fallow & Fodder Crops 5 The superiority of cropped over naked fallows. 1960 G. E. Evans Horse in Furrow x. 128 This rotation of crops did not abolish the clean (dead or naked) fallow entirely. < as lemmas |
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