单词 | spring shoot |
释义 | > as lemmasspring shoot spring shoot n. †(a) the time of rapid and plentiful growth in the spring (obsolete); (b) a shoot or young plant that grows in the spring. ΚΠ 1676 M. Cook Manner of raising Forrest-trees xxxiv. 116 If you cut off the head of the shoots as soon as ever the Spring-shoot is over. a1746 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil (1768) 35 Scarce any tree growing faster than a young Alder,..especially in the spring-shoot. 1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 141 When the ground is properly prepared, it should be planted with sets, being the spring shoots pulled up in a madder-plot. 2016 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 24 Mar. 4 Just as winter fades and the first spring shoots break through, Atkins' kitchen garden comes to life. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。