单词 | model farm |
释义 | > as lemmasmodel farm 1. That is a model or example; serving or intended to serve as a pattern for imitation; exemplary, ideal. Frequently in model city, model farm, model town (see also sense A. 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > exemplary exemplar1585 exemplary1629 pattern1657 emulablea1684 model1831 textbookish1914 textbook1916 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > prototype > [adjective] > exemplary paradigmatical1577 exemplary1593 suit-worth1594 exampling1605 paradigmatic1662 model1831 exemplaric1836 1831 H. Kilham Jrnl. 24 Apr. (1837) xiv. 400 A village-school, with even a small farm attached..would, if it were conducted as a model-farm,..be a great advantage. 1843 M. Fuller in Dial July 11 Lectures on some model-woman of bridal-like beauty and gentleness. 1845 Builder 18 Jan. 35/2 The so-called model houses in the Bagnigge-wells-road. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 84 Sir Kenelm Digby..was a model Englishman. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. Introd. p. xxii There's my lord's..model cottages, with more comforts in them, saving the size, than my father's house had. 1860 All Year Round 26 May 161 A mill-owner, whose mill, I was assured, was a model one. 1885 Public Opinion 9 Jan. 32/1 A model Bishop of London is..more easily imagined than discovered. 1891 Tablet 2 May 694 How did so model a youth get on at the University? 1898 E. Howard To-morrow iv. 41 Another site for a model city could be purchased. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 87/1 It [sc. Kinlochleven] is built on the model-town system. 1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All xi. 117 A farmer who had a few years before built himself a model farm with the most up-to-date farm buildings and all the latest equipment. 1986 B. Gilroy Frangipani House i. 4 As a model inmate Mama King was allowed to walk around the grounds. < as lemmas |
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