| 单词 | hay |
| 释义 | hay (once / 366 pages) nv Hay is a type of dried grass that's fed to certain farm animals. You might buy bags of hay to feed your pet rabbit, who likes to nibble on it. Hay is a mixture of grassy plants grown in fields, cut or mown, bundled in bales, and stored until ready to be fed to livestock. Hay and straw aren't the same thing; hay is cut when it's green, while straw is made up of the leftover dried stems and leaves of plants that have been harvested. And while some animals feed on straw too, hay is more nutritious. The Old English root is heg, "grass cut or mown." WORD FAMILYhay: hayed, haying+/haying: hayings USAGE EXAMPLESOfficers then decided to surround the crocodile with hay bales to contain him until the wildlife officials arrived from Cairns. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) That first structure was built on the frame of an old hay wagon and wasn’t much to look at, Auth said. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The Briton said the shots were to prevent hay fever. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1n grass mowed and cured for use as fodder Hypo|Hyper timothy a grass grown for hay fodder coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop 2v convert (plant material) into hay Hyper convert change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
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