单词 | yeaning |
释义 | > as lemmasˈyeaning ˈyeaning n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of a ewe > giving birth yeaning1574 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > giving birth lambing1573 yeaning1574 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 405 His Eawes to haue good yeaning. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 139 The shepheard must be as careful as a midwyfe in the yeaning time. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 258 Within thirteen months she brought 4 Lambs at three yeanings. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 93 The yeaning Ewes prevent the springing Year. View more context for this quotation 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 309 The she bear takes an old large hollow tree for her yeaning winter-house. 1776 Compl. Grazier (ed. 4) xxvi. 144 It is necessary she [sc. a ewe] should at her yeaning have the benefit of springing grass. < as lemmas |
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