单词 | root-puller |
释义 | > as lemmasroot-puller root-puller n. an implement or machine for extracting the roots of plants or trees from the soil. ΚΠ 1844 Cultivator Sept. 271/1 A pair of good oxen..will make rapid head-way in clearing out the roots. A large iron claw, called a root-puller, is very useful for this business. 1905 Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. 118 After the second plowing, the rootstocks of the grass are to be removed by means of a root puller. 1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun ix. 161 With a root-puller attached the tractor would move up to a tree and the arms would reach down into the earth and wrest the tree out. 1998 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 27 Dec. 2 i1 Remember when I loaned you my candy thermometer, hedge clippers, root pullers or curling iron? Do you think I could have the item back now? < as lemmas |
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