单词 | field trial |
释义 | field trialn. 1. Agriculture. A trial of a crop, agricultural technique, machinery, etc., conducted in the open field, rather than under controlled conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical tests > [noun] > types field trial1817 spot test1872 indentation test1897 spot testing1900 reductase test1910 Scoville test1921 1817 Farmer's Mag. July 285 This last [sc. wheat] was reckoned among the best of its kind in its own neighbourhood last season. No field trial has yet been made with it. 1899 Glasgow Herald 20 Apr. 11/4 The ‘Caledonian’ potato raiser..won the Royal Agricultural Society's first prize at their Leicester field trials three years ago. 1911 Gas Power Nov. 50/1 No fewer than nine machines were present to take part in the field trials on the last three days. 1994 W. A. Masters Govt. & Agric. Zimbabwe ii. 56 The ART Farm focused on agronomy and field trials, while the privately owned Seed Coop..undertook its own crop-breeding efforts. 2. Originally: a trial of a hunting dog's performance in the field. Later also: a trial of a dog's ability to perform the tasks required of a gun dog or sporting dog, conducted competitively in conditions intended to approximate to those of the countryside. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > field or obedience trial field trial1868 obedience test1913 obedience class1914 obedience trial1928 1868 Era 7 June 4/3 A stout-made, fine, stern liver and white dog..which has won prizes at dog shows and in public field trials. 1937 E. B. Moffit Elias Vail trains Gun Dogs ix. 134 Gallery critics at field trials are puzzled at the difficulty that many handlers experience in getting a dog to go out far enough to a retrieve. 1962 Times 28 July 11/1 The competitions for gundogs now taking place at the Game Fair at Longleat..differ in several ways from field trials—the acknowledged measure of gundog ability since the turn of the century. 2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say xvi. 90 I got Leroy from a guy in Talbot County who trained dogs for field trials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817 |
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