| 单词 | potato pit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotato pit potato pit n. a shallow pit, usually covered with a mound of straw and earth, in which potatoes are stored in winter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > pitting or clamping > pit or clamp pitc1500 hog1729 potato pie1807 silo1835 potato pit1844 clamp1881 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1129 Fig. 544 shews the 2 different forms of ordinary potato-pits, the one being conical, the other prismatic in shape. 1882 T. H. Potts Out in Open 24 A line of women and girls..have just brought away from the potato pits their heavily-laden kits. 1926 Sci. Monthly Dec. 501/2 Allow water to find its way into the potato pit, and the potatoes are drowned, as man would be. 1992 J. MacKenna Fallen 136 Other times I'd check the potato pits or heel in cabbage plants. < as lemmas |
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