| 单词 | pea-picking |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspea-picking pea-picking adj. and n. (a) adj. that picks peas; (b) n. the action of picking peas. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > pea-gathering pea-picking1697 vining1928 1697 W. Mountfort Life of Dr. Faustus iii. 18 I'll after 'em, cheating Villains..a parcel of..Yellowing, Peas-picking..Dogs. 1802 J. Baillie Second Marriage iv. v, in Series of Plays II. 451 She is but a poor pea-picking girl from St. Giles's, that has scarcely been a month in the country. 1901 Daily Chron. 7 Aug. 7/7 Instances in which children had started to work pea picking as early as two o'clock in the morning, and then had put in a full day at school. 1976 Telegraph-Jrnl. (St. John, New Brunswick) 31 Aug. 17/1 Tons of peas pour past..as a peapicking machine harvests 40 acres. < as lemmas |
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