单词 | to kill out |
释义 | > as lemmasto kill out e. intransitive in passive sense: To be killed; to suffer killing. Of an animal: To yield (so much meat) when killed. Also, to kill out. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > kill animal [verb (intransitive)] kill1857 cull1979 1857 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 18 i. 162 On inquiry of butchers..I find that one characteristic of a beast which kills well, is to have a little stomach. 1888 Whitby Gaz. 25 Feb. 4/7 I saw the cow in the slaughter-house... She killed 34 stones. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Apr. 364/1 The Southdown has the advantage over the Leicester in that its progeny are quicker maturing and kill out at prime weight and at an earlier age (3 to 4 months). 1971 Country Life 30 Dec. 1857/3 Limousin-sired fat cattle killed out at 68 per cent; far above our national average for our native breeds. < as lemmas |
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