| 单词 | weeded-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweeded-out weeded-out adj. that is or has been weeded out (in various senses of to weed out at weed v. Phrasal verbs). ΚΠ 1832 R. Chambers & W. Chambers Gazetteer Scotl. I. 431/1 There has been going on a process of..reducing the population to nothing beyond a body of individuals actually employed in furthering agricultural operations... The adjacent large towns have, of course, received the weeded-out population. 1881 Freeman's Jrnl. (Sydney) 15 Jan. 10/3 The coops being delivered in Sydney just now are not up to much, the birds being chiefly squeakers and weeded-out lots. 1908 Amer. Agriculturalist 3 Oct. 12/2 Just now, while price for breeding stock is not high, the price for disposing of weeded-out stock is good, thus enabling the stock man, regardless of his line, to replace his indifferent individuals. 1957 Libri 7 138 The inference is transfer of the power of disposal of weeded-out volumes, from individual libraries to the central library of the national library system. 1979 G. F. Zaide Pageant Philippine Hist. II. xxviii. 577 The Manila newspapers published the names of the weeded out officials. 2014 J. E. Côté Youth Stud. iv. 84 The weeded out students are then..pressured to blame themselves for not ‘making it’. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。