| 单词 | to sow broadcast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sow (also scatter, etc.) broadcast 1. Agriculture. Over the whole surface of the soil rather than in drills or rows. Chiefly in to sow (also scatter, etc.) broadcast. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow [verb (intransitive)] > other systems of sowing to sow, scatter, throw, etc. broadcast1832 1727 R. Bradley Compl. Body Husbandry xii. 224 In Devonshire, and other places, where they sow pease.., they sow them broad-cast, which gains a great deal of ground. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 35 Seed sown either broadcast or in drills. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 11/1 Let it [sc. lime] be first mixed with peat or clay, turf or other good soils, and after lying in heaps for a while, it may be spread on the land broadcast. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 568/1 In May..a nursery ground is ploughed three times, and the seed scattered broadcast. 1997 K. O'Riordan Boy in Moon vii. 118 He'd said that they would sow turnip seeds broadcast, over a very fine tilth, harrowed by Cathal a couple of days ago. < as lemmas |
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