| 单词 | battery hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbattery hen c. A series of hutches, cages, or nesting-boxes in which laying hens are confined for intensive laying or poultry reared and fattened. Later extended to denote accommodation for fattening cattle; frequently attributive, as battery hen, battery system. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > laying house, hatchery, etc. rearing house1824 sitting room1850 hatchery1857 brooding-room1884 eggery1910 laying house1913 battery1931 1931 G. W. Wrentmore Battery Syst. Poultry Keeping 27 The system is best carried out with birds that have been in Batteries from the start. 1931 G. W. Wrentmore Battery Syst. Poultry Keeping 27 The battery is commenced at a temperature of 90–94 degrees and gradually lowered to a temperature of about 65 degrees as the size of the chicks increases. 1938 Reader's Digest Mar. 93/1 The smallest complete battery..fills a 14-by-20-foot space. 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie ix. 138 Those raising hens on the battery system. 1953 A. Watkyn For Better, For Worse ii. i It ain't right to ask 'uman beings to live like Battery Hens. 1958 Observer 19 Oct. 17/4 They [sc. geese] defy horrible human plans to mass-produce in battery and deep scratch. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 78/1 We are going to hear more of battery beef. 1960 News Chron. 8 June 4/4 The broiler battery..may be good business, but is..revolting. 1961 Guardian 17 May 3/5 It was doubtful if..battery eggs were less nutritious than other eggs. < as lemmas |
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