单词 | suckering |
释义 | > as lemmasˈsuckering ˈsuckering n. in sense 2 (also attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > thinning out weeding1544 sizing1660 thinning1772 suckering1819 singling1844 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. v. 177 Where would the hands come from to do the marking; the dropping and covering of the Corn;..the suckering when that work is done, as it always ought to be? 1877 A. Morris Tobacco 44 In suckering, the work is done with both hands, commencing at the top of the plant. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 235/1 The soil should be carefully opened and the shoots removed with a suckering iron. < as lemmas |
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