| 单词 | farm work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfarm work a. With the sense ‘of, or relating to, a farm or farms; used or located on a farm’ (in sense 4), as in farm building, farm implement, farm machinery, farm produce, farm work, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [adjective] farm1594 farmy1815 on-farm1951 1594 R. Holland Holie Hist. Lord & Saviour v. 169 Go hence he said to my farme ground, Why stand yee thus so idlely? 1660 in C. W. Manwaring Digest Early Connecticut Probate Rec. (1904) I. 51 Six Mile Island..with farme buildings..upon it. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 353 In it also the farm-buildings, together with the brewery and stillery. 1816 Farmer's Mag. 17 477 Other labourers..dependent upon farm-work..are without employment. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 170 The low price of farm produce. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 18 I have confidence of giving such an exposé of farm implements as will surpass every other work of the kind. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 6 May 10/2 We see the children playing in the farm-kitchen. 1937 Life 26 July 81/1 (advt.) It is a pure vegetable margarine, made from American farm products. 1960 W. L. Anderson Making Land produce Useful Wildlife 23/2 Legume-grass borders make farming easier by giving a headland on which to turn farm machinery. 2013 Field Apr. 23/3 The farm buildings can be converted to residential use, holiday accommodation or live-work units. < as lemmas |
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