单词 | agripower |
释义 | > as lemmasagripower 2. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of, relating to, based on, or derived from agriculture’, as agricommunity, agrigenetics, agrimart, agripower, etc.Earliest in agribusiness n. ΚΠ 1972 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Nov. 8 (caption) Developers hang on in face of growing opposition to agrimart. 1973 N.Y. Times 16 July 29/1 Our monopoly of ‘agripower’ will provide leverage for forcing a quick stabilization of currencies as well as of domestic living costs. 1981 1982 Yearbk. Sci. & Future 318/2 Now communication technology is being developed to help the agricommunity make decisions more quickly and efficiently. 1981 J. May Many-colored Land i. xi. 66 A young couple and two older men, locals by the look of their agrigarb, sat at window tables. 1984 J. G. Krishnayya in M. Levy Energy & Agric. 262 What when today's unpriced agri-waste..and forest scraps become priced? 1985 A. M. Rugman & J. McIlveen Megafirms v. 142 The agri-products group produces flour and grain-related products.., dairy products.., wheat starches and glutens.., and distributes livestock feeds. 1991 Biotech Forum Europe Sept. 481/3 Politicians..must turn to an agri-environmental policy. 2004 Observer 9 May (Mag.) 46/3 The tasteless, seasonless mush that is pumped out of the agri-factories masquerading as ‘farms’. 2005 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 June (Business section) e1 Patents..in life sciences areas such as agrigenetics, biotech and chemistry. < as lemmas |
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