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单词 husbandry
释义 hus·band·ry
\ˈhəzbəndrē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English housbondrie, from housbonde + -rie -ry
1. obsolete : the care of a household : domestic management
 < I commit into your hands the husbandry and manage of my house until my lord's return — Shakespeare >
2.
 a. : the judicious use of resources : conservation, thrift
  < this careful husbandry of his remaining powers — W.V.T.Clark >
  < borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry — Shakespeare >
 b. : the control or use of resources : management
  < problems of soil conservation and husbandry of water resources — British Book News >
3. : the cultivation or production of plants and animals : agriculture, farming
 < some dealt in corn, others in sheep and wool, others in a mixed husbandry — G.M.Trevelyan >
 < commercial farming has not displaced subsistence husbandry — J.M.Mogey >
4. obsolete : the tenantry or husbandland of a manor
5. : the scientific control and management of a specified branch of farming
 < more limited experimental work is also being carried out in … animal husbandry — C.J.Bishop >
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