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单词 crop dusting
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Definition of crop dusting in English:

crop dusting

noun
mass noun
  • The spraying of powdered insecticide or fertilizer on crops, especially from the air.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For your birthday, I bought you a crop dusting plane.
    • He started a crop dusting and spraying business which became quite successful.
    • A manual on crop dusting was found in a suspected terrorist hideout - raising the spectre that they were planning to use chemical or biological weapons.
    • The five ton aircraft normally carries about two tons of crop dusting chemicals.
    • As the result of this being used for crop dusting and cloud seeding, the corrosive effects of the chemicals did considerable damage to the structure.
    • The United States imposes a one-day ban on crop dusting planes over concerns about a possible chemical weapon attack.
    • Did you notice something strange about it when they were coming by every weekend to ask about crop dusting?
    • He runs a crop dusting business in Florida and he was suspicious about some people who wanted to learn about flying those planes.
    • According to Time magazine, this was all in response to the FBI finding instructional material on crop dusting in the apartment of one of the attackers.
    • ‘In crop dusting, the farmers would buy and supply the actual chemicals,’ he says.
    • The profession of crop dusting often requires a pilot to be fairly mobile and migrate to where the work is.
    • Some 40 years ago lethal chemicals were dropped on the Wiltshire countryside by crop dusting planes and tested on volunteer soldiers who had no idea of the risks.

Derivatives

  • crop duster

  • noun
    • His father had taught him to fly, and by the age of 16, he could fly his father's crop duster by himself.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All the crop duster does is act as an applicator of the chemicals.
      • A converted crop duster passes low over the gathering aviation crowd, spraying a fine mist of cooling water.
      • A crop duster sweeps low over a field, aiding farmers in a battle against late season insects.
      • By the time he was 18, in 1973, he was working as a crop duster.
 
 

Definition of crop dusting in US English:

crop dusting

nounˈkräp ˌdəstiNGˈkrɑp ˌdəstɪŋ
  • The spraying of powdered or liquid insecticide or fertilizer on crops, especially from the air.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • According to Time magazine, this was all in response to the FBI finding instructional material on crop dusting in the apartment of one of the attackers.
    • The five ton aircraft normally carries about two tons of crop dusting chemicals.
    • The profession of crop dusting often requires a pilot to be fairly mobile and migrate to where the work is.
    • The United States imposes a one-day ban on crop dusting planes over concerns about a possible chemical weapon attack.
    • Some 40 years ago lethal chemicals were dropped on the Wiltshire countryside by crop dusting planes and tested on volunteer soldiers who had no idea of the risks.
    • A manual on crop dusting was found in a suspected terrorist hideout - raising the spectre that they were planning to use chemical or biological weapons.
    • As the result of this being used for crop dusting and cloud seeding, the corrosive effects of the chemicals did considerable damage to the structure.
    • For your birthday, I bought you a crop dusting plane.
    • Did you notice something strange about it when they were coming by every weekend to ask about crop dusting?
    • He started a crop dusting and spraying business which became quite successful.
    • He runs a crop dusting business in Florida and he was suspicious about some people who wanted to learn about flying those planes.
    • ‘In crop dusting, the farmers would buy and supply the actual chemicals,’ he says.
 
 
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