| 单词 | oyster farm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoyster farm oyster farm n. a saltwater area, usually containing a number of artificially constructed platforms, where oysters are bred for food or pearls. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > breeding oysters > oyster-farm oyster farm1865 1865 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 52 Oyster farms which formerly employed fourteen hundred men..had become so reduced as to require only one hundred men. 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Oct. 3 Chesapeake oysters, which are now raised on ‘oyster farms’. 2002 Sunday Express (Nexis) 19 May 37 The UK's largest oyster farm on the shores of Loch Fyne, Argyll. < as lemmas |
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