| 单词 | bushel |
| 释义 | bushel (bʊʃəl ) Word forms: bushels countable noun A bushel is a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons. hide your light under a bushel phrase [VERB inflects] If you hide your light under a bushel, you keep your abilities or good qualities hidden from other people. Idioms: hide your light under a bushel to say little about your skills and good features, instead of being confident and telling other people about them Don't be tempted to hide your light under a bushel for fear of upsetting other people. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bushel of wheat The price of a bushel of wheat has more than doubled on world markets in a year, rising at an alarming speed over the past month. Times, Sunday Times Hand threshing was laborious, with a bushel of wheat taking about an hour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 1770, a bushel of wheat cost twice as much as it did in 1720. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Last year it transported 39 million bushels of wheat, sufficient to bake 17 to 20 billion loaves of bread. Times, Sunday Times It was able to process 15 bushels of wheat in one hour, which would create about 600 pounds of flour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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