英语词汇“southdown ram”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. attributive. Designating a breed of sheep from the South Downs of southern England (see sense 2), and wool and meat from such sheep, as Southdown breed, Southdown ewe, Southdown mutton, Southdown ram, Southdown wool, etc.Quot. 1742 may represent simple geographical use.

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1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) III. 302 The Wool about Leominster..is as fine as any in England, the Southdown Wool not excepted.

1788 Times 26 May 3/3 At this season of the year it is common for butchers to buy up the smallest of the old Southdown mutton, particularly ewes.

1794 G. Culley Observ. Live Stock (ed. 2) 136 The South-down breed have no horns, grey faces and legs, fine bones.., high on the shoulder, and light in the fore-quarter.

1822 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 11 May 336 Offered 17 shillings instead of 37 shillings a-head for his South Down Ewes.

1861 Times 11 July Webb's celebrated flock of Southdown sheep.

1885 F. H. Bowman Struct. Wool Fibre 251 A fair illustration of pure Southdown wool.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 193/2 The Suffolk..probably took its origin in the crossing of improved Southdown rams with the old horned Norfolk ewes.

1931 S. G. Barker Wool Quality 198 It is a surprising discovery that the blending of an equal weight of Southdown wool with Merino wool should have so little influence on its shrinkage properties.

1981 L. Alderson in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Raising Livestock & Poultry v. 113/1 A Southdown ewe weighs only about 130lb (60kg).

2002 P. Clabburn Shawls (ed. 2) 21/1 The earliest manufacturers discovered that a warp of fine silk with a weft of Southdown wool produced the best results.

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释义	> as lemmas Southdown ram 1. attributive. Designating a breed of sheep from the South Downs of southern England (see sense 2), and wool and meat from such sheep, as Southdown breed, Southdown ewe, Southdown mutton, Southdown ram, Southdown wool, etc.Quot. 1742 may represent simple geographical use. ΚΠ 1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) III. 302 The Wool about Leominster..is as fine as any in England, the Southdown Wool not excepted. 1788 Times 26 May 3/3 At this season of the year it is common for butchers to buy up the smallest of the old Southdown mutton, particularly ewes. 1794 G. Culley Observ. Live Stock (ed. 2) 136 The South-down breed have no horns, grey faces and legs, fine bones.., high on the shoulder, and light in the fore-quarter. 1822 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 11 May 336 Offered 17 shillings instead of 37 shillings a-head for his South Down Ewes. 1861 Times 11 July Webb's celebrated flock of Southdown sheep. 1885 F. H. Bowman Struct. Wool Fibre 251 A fair illustration of pure Southdown wool. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 193/2 The Suffolk..probably took its origin in the crossing of improved Southdown rams with the old horned Norfolk ewes. 1931 S. G. Barker Wool Quality 198 It is a surprising discovery that the blending of an equal weight of Southdown wool with Merino wool should have so little influence on its shrinkage properties. 1981 L. Alderson in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Raising Livestock & Poultry v. 113/1 A Southdown ewe weighs only about 130lb (60kg). 2002 P. Clabburn Shawls (ed. 2) 21/1 The earliest manufacturers discovered that a warp of fine silk with a weft of Southdown wool produced the best results. extracted from Southdownn. < as lemmas
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