| 单词 | pure food |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspure food pure food n. (also Pure Food) attributive of, relating to, or concerned with the promotion of food that is free from preservatives, colouring, or other additives, or cultivated without the use of chemical fertilizers (cf. organic adj. 8c). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > pure or organic pure food1894 organic1960 1894 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Apr. 267 Senator Paddock, of Nebraska..after years of futile struggle, succeeded in having the Senate pass what is known as the Pure Food Bill. 1913 Collier's Weekly 16 Aug. 24/2 The clubwomen of Idaho are banded together to have their State known as a pure-food State. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xvi. 214 I was feeling more or less like something the Pure Food Committee had rejected. 1969 ‘I. Drummond’ Man with Tiny Head xiv. 161 He was..a pure-food fanatic with a hatred of chemical fertilisers. 2000 A. Cooper & L. M. Holmes Bitter Harvest i. 15 A pure food law introduced to Congress in 1889 was virtually laughed off the floor. < as lemmas |
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