| 单词 | rot-heap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrot-heap rot-heap n. a heap of vegetable matter left to rot as part of its processing or as compost. ΚΠ 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman lxiii. 268 It is then taken out of the Steep and laid in the rot Heap until it begins to put forth a Spire at one End. 1812 E. Sang Nicol's Planter's Kalendar Feb. 239 This is now a proper season for sowing several sorts of tree seeds, especially such as have been left in the rot heap since the preceding autumn. 1881 E. A. Ormerod Man. Injurious Insects 43 Burning the infested old cabbage-stocks.., instead of throwing them into rot-heaps. 1915 Iowa Homestead (Des Moines) 15 July 4/3 In too many cases labor is spent on what is nothing more nor less than rot heaps. 1993 Weekly Times (Melbourne) (Nexis) 20 Jan. (heading) Pot of gold in rot heap. < as lemmas |
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