单词 | to run to straw |
释义 | > as lemmasto run to straw d. to run to straw: see to run to —— 6 at run v. Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [verb (intransitive)] > grow or produce parts (of plants) grain1390 ear1442 spindle1577 to run to straw1660 tassel out1757 spean1829 spane1843 silk1878 1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 89 Physitians that are not by much study..run out to Atheism (as some corn in lusty ground doth to straw and halm). a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 13 You will find, that in such a case the corn will run out to a straw. 1765 Museum Rusticum 3 157 If they are sown late,..they will be apt to run all to straw. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xii. 215 It..would make corn run entirely to straw. < as lemmas |
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