| 单词 | apple paring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple paring apple paring n. (a) that which is pared from an apple; (a piece of) apple peel; (b) the action of paring an apple; an instance of this; (c) an event at which apples are pared; = apple bee n. (b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > gatherings for specific activity apple paring1656 house raising1704 quilting1768 bee1769 sing-song1769 reading party1781 rocking1786 cotton-picking1795 rolling1819 picking bee1828 candy pulling1834 candy pull1845 taffy-join1854 barn-raising1856 taffy pulling1863 coffee shop1880 log-rolling1883 taffy pull1883 petting party1920 play date1975 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iii. 83 Hee'd build you houses, and make leather Coaches, And ships, and cut frogs out of apple parings. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 55 Apply a thick Apple Paring. 1844 G. Dodd in Penny Mag. 28 Sept. 381/1 The half-work, half-holiday system, of which the ‘building-bees’ and the ‘apple-parings’ of America are modern instances. 1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 238 At the end of the week it [sc. an insect] was still alive, and trying to suck a bit of apple paring. 1879 D. J. Hill Bryant 39 Huskings and apple-parings had not gone out of fashion. 1954 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 Nov. 1/1 An apple-paring machine, a wondrous contrivance of wheels and sticks, which eventually peeled an apple. 2007 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Star (Nexis) 12 Jan. d3 Pectin extracted from apple parings was used to thicken jellies. < as lemmas |
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