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单词 rabbit-proof
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Definition of rabbit-proof in English:

rabbit-proof

adjective
Australian, NZ
  • Designed to contain the spread of wild rabbits and other agricultural pests.

    a rabbit-proof gate allows for the passage of traffic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By 1888 they had penetrated the rabbit-proof fence erected by the New South Wales government.
    • The rabbit-proof fence was a strip of barbed-wire netting that cut across half of the continent and was designed to protect farmer's crops by keeping the rabbits away.
    • The giant rabbit-proof fence stretches from coast to coast.
    • University botanists were consulted but advised that a sand area enclosed by rabbit-proof fencing would remain just that: bare sand.
    • An anonymous "guerrilla gardener" took over the plot, added a rabbit-proof mesh and planted potatoes.
    • I will erect a rabbit-proof fence like the famous one Down Under, except that my fence would be about 1,100 miles shorter.
    • The film tells of the children's escape and how they follow the rabbit-proof fence across a blistering desert.
    • The youngest helps weed the pots in the rabbit-proof compound.
    • It was originally built to be rabbit-proof as well, but that ended up requiring a whole second fence.
    • We did most of the preparation before I retired, including putting up a smart, rabbit-proof fence to protect the new plants while they establish.
 
 
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