| 单词 | catch-cropping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcatch-cropping ˈcatch-cropping n. the practice of growing catch crops (sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > other systems of growing crops water farming1811 catch-cropping1851 sharecropping1877 intercropping1898 intertillage1912 strip-cropping1936 alley farming1984 1851 York Herald 20 Dec. 3/6 The..system of cropping [fields No.] 422 and 423, is called catch cropping, which means getting all you can out of the land. 1887 Daily News 16 July 3/8 ‘Catch-cropping’..is now coming to be looked upon as a mark of skilful and thrifty farming. 1955 Spectator 22 Apr. 499/2 What is called catch cropping..is achieved by planting between rows of slow-growing vegetables; thus beans may be alternated in close rows with young brussel sprouts. 2011 J. Whittingham Grow Something to eat Every Day 124/1 Catch-cropping is particularly useful to fill the gap between winter brassicas..and tender summer crops. < as lemmas |
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