| 单词 | roof thatch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroof thatch roof thatch n. ΚΠ 1679 in W. Mackay & G. S. Laing Rec. Inverness (1924) II. 281 The thesaurer..to caus sett on the rooff thache & finishe the touns hous at the bridgend. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 567/2 You descry a dreary cabin, with the roof thatch dingy and rotten. 1912 ‘Q’ Hocken & Hunken xix. 239 With a rampant climber such as Rosa Devoniensis it is advisable to cut out each autumn, and clean remove some of the old wood; and this is no easy job when early neglect has allowed the plant to riot up and over the roof-thatch. 1991 N. Rush Mating iv. 188 If it looks like rain you pull a string and a gutter made of overlapping flappets of wood flops down that extends beyond the edge of the roof thatch so that a drop of rain is never wasted. < as lemmas |
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