| 单词 | green stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen stuff green stuff n. [perhaps compare Norwegian grønsaker, Swedish grönsaker, Danish grønsager (plural) greens, vegetables] (a) vegetation, foliage; green vegetables or salad leaves; also in plural; (b) slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) cash, money; frequently with the. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun] > collectively garden stuff1599 kitchen-tillage1669 wintergreensa1691 greens1710 kitchen stuffc1710 green ware1736 green stuff1778 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [noun] > green vegetables green meatc1450 wintergreensa1691 greens1710 green ware1736 green stuff1778 grass1867 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > cultivated or for pasture pasturea1400 fogc1400 vesture1455 vestiturec1460 pasturagea1522 feed1580 agistment1598 pasture grass1628 ear-grass1686 artificial grass1733 seeds1794 tath1807 green stuff1895 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. iv. 275 At supper we had a sallat, but a very poore one, and a great deale of chopt greene stuffe, (I know not what) amongst it.] 1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. I. iii. 209 Their dung and piss will enrich the ground much more than the green stuff ploughed in. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 97/1 Street sellers of ‘green stuff’, including water-cresses, chickweed and gru'n'sel, turf, &c. 1887 G. H. Devol Forty Years Gambler on Mississippi 207 Bill of course cleaned the crowd out, and reached the wharf-boat with a large roll of the good green stuff. 1895 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 340 Fields of greenstuff and forage. 1950 Pop. Mech. Jan. 166/2 Somebody was tapping a certain PX cash register of that precious green stuff. 2004 Global May 70/1 Credit cards are readily accepted almost everywhere. Needless to say, if you're heading off to more remote places a supply of the green stuff is always advisable. 2006 Cage & Aviary Birds 1 June 6/6 I have been feeding my birds different greenstuffs over the years, but I now have the ultimate in greens. < as lemmas |
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