| 单词 | cabbage-eater |
| 释义 | > as lemmascabbage-eater C3. Objective, as cabbage-eater, cabbage-grower, etc. ΚΠ ?1624 G. Chapman in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 12 (note) The cabbage-eater. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner i. iii. 34 They will undertake, the ordering of trees, which is a peculiar science, not to be attained amongst the Cabbage-planters. 1771 J. W. Baker Exper. in Agric. 1770 37 A strong lesson to the cabbage farmer, that he is not to rest his whole dependence for winter pasture upon the hard cabbage. 1867 Times 19 Oct. 9/4 The common cabbage soup of the Russian soldier—the great cabbage-eater of modern human races—is not so bad as it looks. 1884 Athenæum 6 Dec. 725/2 The eyes of those poor cabbage-growers down there. 1924 Appleton (Wisc.) Post-Crescent 25 Oct. 13/3 An overproduction of cabbage..is named as the cause of the slump in prices, according to a local cabbage buyer. 2006 Atlanta Mar. 256/2 Cabbage lovers will appreciate the colcannon topping. < as lemmas |
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