| 单词 | root-feeding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroot-feeding root-feeding n. and adj. (a) n. the feeding of roots or tubers, esp. to animals; subsistence on a diet of these; (b) adj. that feeds on roots or root vegetables. ΚΠ 1838 Farmers' Cabinet 346/1 Col. Powel relates an experiment of feeding two heifers; one upon Indian meal, and the other upon roots, in which he is inclined to give the preference to the root feeding. 1854 Dublin Univ. Mag. Feb. 128/2 As the potato was the only portion of the produce of the land which the tiller could call his own—the labourer..was more of a root-feeding animal. 1910 F. D. Coburn Swine in Amer. 248 In all our experiments we have obtained very satisfactory results from root feeding, so far as firmness of bacon is concerned. 2001 J. Robinson Voices of Queensland iv. 112 The beetle Dermolepida albohirtum, a major root-feeding pest of sugarcane in Australia. < as lemmas |
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