| 单词 | gross feeder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgross feeder b. Of diet: †(a) In early use, plain, not delicate; (b) in later use, uncleanly or repulsive in quality. gross feeder, one who feeds grossly; said transferred of plants. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > diet > [adjective] > plain hard1546 sparea1571 gross1599 unexciting1880 the world > food and drink > food > diet > [adjective] > repulsive gross1836 the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > that takes too much soil peeler1580 piller1615 gross feeder1845 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating coarsely > coarse eater gross feeder1845 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. E7v Best in cold weather, for grosse and homely feeders. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 85 The subjection in which they are born, and the grosse feeding they have..they are taught to be content with any thing. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. Suppl. ii. 347 Their diet is extremely gross. 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 57 All the cultivated alliaceous plants that I am acquainted with are what may be termed gross feeders. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 32 ‘Well, sir’, says I, ‘the mare's a gross feeder’. < as lemmas |
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