单词 | dying-back |
释义 | > as lemmasdying-back b. transferred and figurative. See die v.1 Also with adverbs dying-back: see to die back at die v.1 Phrasal verbs, die-back n. ΚΠ 1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 413 At the dying of the Stream, it is often two Feet higher than the Main Tide. 1864 A. Bain Senses & Intellect (ed. 2) i. i. 101 The gradual dying away of a motion. 1884 J. A. H. Murray in 13th Addr. Philol. Soc. 7 The history of the dying-out of Cornish. 1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 574/3 Its silviculture is very difficult, more especially the question of the dying-back of its seedlings. 1959 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 84 483 Many plants..suffer some dying back of their top growth. < as lemmas |
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