| 单词 | sod-builder |
| 释义 | > as lemmassod-builder C3. Objective, with agent-nouns and verbal nouns, as sod-soaker, sod-cutter, sod-builder; sod-cutting, sod-burning, etc. ΚΠ 1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. II. 32 Sodburning the more loamy soils,..would be a ready means of meliorating the herbage. 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) i. 357 Trousse-pas,..sod-cutter's spade. 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 247 Sod-builder, gazonneur. 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 247 Sod-cutter, écobue. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 99 If the grass and other sod-forming plants assert themselves. 1892 Daily News 7 Jan. 3/3 The sod-cutting ceremony of tomorrow. 1903 J. Fox Little Shepherd iv. 59 Send us, not a gentle sizzle-sozzle, but a sod-soaker, a gully-washer. Give us a tide, O Lord! 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 18 June 3/1 ‘Oh Lord, send us a sod-soaker and not a gully-drencher.’ The prayer of the prairie farmer is specific. < as lemmas |
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