| 释义 |
roguer|ˈrəʊgə(r)|
[f. rogue v. + -er1.]
A person employed to identify and eliminate inferior plants in a crop, esp. of potatoes.
1945T. Whitehead et al. Potato in Health & Dis. (ed. 2) vii. 77 The roguer should remove or mark all plants which in any character differ substantially from the variety under consideration. 1960Times 29 July 12/6 The roguer's job is to sample the crop for wrong varieties or disease. 1967A. E. Cox Potato vii. 157 The roguers working in pairs—one marking plants and the other lifting and carrying them off—should deal with only two drills at a time. |