单词 | threshing machine |
释义 | threshing machinen. A machine for separating the grain of cereal crops from the husks and straw. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > machine or device for waina1382 mill1669 threshing machine1735 threshing mill1768 thrashing machine1771 thresher1778 thrashing mill1790 steamer1898 1735 Gen. Evening Post 13 Feb. This Threshing Machine may be mov'd, not only by Water, but also by Wind or Horses. 1812 Examiner 21 Dec. 813/1 W. Forrest, Shiffnal, Salop, threshing-machine-maker. 1945 ‘G. Orwell’ Animal Farm v. 39 Electricity..could operate threshing machines..and reapers and binders. 2014 E. Brynjolfsson & A. McAfee Second Machine Age ix. 143 Automatic threshing machines replaced a full 30 percent of the agricultural labor force in the middle of the nineteenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1735 |
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