| 单词 | standing corn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding corn 10. Of or relating to vegetation that is growing and stands upright, as distinguished from vegetation that has been cut or felled, as in standing timber, standing corn, etc. Cf. standing crop n. (a) at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > standing or spiring standingc1384 upright1597 spiry1602 spiring1612 spired1834 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea viii. 7 A stondynge [L. stans] stalk is not in hem. 1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 279 The woddis and growand tymber..ar swa decayit..be the peling of the bark of the standand treis. 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts ii. i. sig. D1v I'le make my men breake ope his fences; Ride o're his standing corne. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cxii. 29 When rowling thunders roar, And sheets of Lightning blast the standing field. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 427 I suppose I shall be asked how, in a standing Wood, I could carry the Path so streight. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. ii. 19 It was found advantageous to sell the standing grass. 1980 M. Thelwell Harder they Come ii. 61 He approached the standing woods, the uncultivated virgin forest that crowned the mountain. 2018 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 28 Nov. Approximately 600 acres of woodland were burned over with a heavy loss in both small trees and matured standing timber. < as lemmas |
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