单词 | quick-growing |
释义 | > as lemmasquick-growing quick-growing adj. ΚΠ 1628 R. Hayman Quodlibets i. 16 In our blest best plot, you haue sow'd good seeds, Which doe out-grow Natures quick-growing weeds. 1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 456/1 Fen, the name of a distemper to which hops are subject. It consists of a quick-growing mould, or moss. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 62 Planting a quick-growing shrub to form a hedge. 1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man iii. vi. 100 The quick-growing beast..suffers. 2000 National Trust Mag. Spring 22/2 Shelter belts..made by ‘nursery plantings’—a mix of quick-growing trees like silver birch, cherry, hawthorne, field maple, hemlocks and pines—to protect the oaks and conifers until they get going. < as lemmas |
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