| 单词 | farmyard animal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfarmyard animal As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or belonging to a farmyard’, as in farmyard animal, farmyard gate farmyard manure, etc. ΚΠ 1754 C. Denis Select Fables xciv. 344 Passing by a farm-yard gate, A plump fat hen, too prone to stray, By luckless stars fell in their way. 1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. I. 352 Farm-Yard Management. 1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Poultry Bk. xxii. 235 The ordinary farm-yard fowls show a strong likeness to the game breed. 1958 H. G. Sanders Outl. Brit. Crop Husbandry (ed. 3) 97 If a full head of stock gives him adequate supplies of farmyard manure, he will steadily raise the condition of his farm. 1997 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 5/1 The clone, a Finn Dorset sheep called Dolly, paves the way to unprecedented genetic manipulation of farmyard animals. < as lemmas |
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