| 单词 | spreading board |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspreading board spreading board n. a board for spreading something, or for spreading something on; spec. (a) a setting board for insect specimens; (b) rare a board on which sheep are laid while being shorn. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects > equipment material spreading board1821 setting-board1825 spreader1910 Polyporus1940 electroantennography1973 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > shearing-shed > hurdle on which sheep laid sheep bar1557 spreading board1821 1821 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2 25 As these pressing rollers traverse, they cause the inking rollers, four in number, to pass over the types, having been previously supplied with ink from the ducts distributers, and spreading boards, much in the usual manner. 1844 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 145/1 The cart is got up..with a strong and efficient pump, leather pipe, spreading board, &c. 1871 Western Educ. Rev. Apr. 100/2 A spreading board for butterflies and moths will next be found necessary. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii 247 The issue of their dialogue was the taking of her hand by the courteous farmer to help her over the spreading-board into the bright May sunlight outside. 1912 Weekly Market Growers Jrnl. 15 June 2/1 When the field is reached the gate is raised and the night soil runs over a spreading board while the wagon is in motion. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift ii. 111 To drive a pin smoothly through the insect's thorax, stick it in the cork groove of the spreading board. 2005 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 12 Aug. d1 When they're pliable enough for her to pry their fragile wings apart, she lays them on a spreading board and outlines them with insect pins. < as lemmas |
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