| 单词 | standing crop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding crop standing crop n. (a) a growing crop; a crop that has been left uncut or unfelled (cf. sense A. 10); (b) Ecology the total biomass of an ecosystem or any of its components at a given time. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > population > [noun] increase1559 standing crop1683 populace1742 population1803 abundance1898 biota1901 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > standing crop swath1577 standing crop1683 stand1833 swarth1880 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike xvii. 1156 There was afterwards a standing crop of remedies collected, without number.] 1683 S. Hoadly Accidence xxi. 179 Standing crops are cut with sickles. 1723 R. Bradley Monthly Reg. Husbandry & Gardening, June–July 1722 6 Let us never be too late in preparing for our Winter Standing Crops; for we may lose a Third or Half Part of our Winter Store. 1861 J. Brown Forester (ed. 3) vii. 477 There is great danger of having it [sc. the work] carelessly performed, and very often to the damage of a considerable portion of the standing crop. 1919–20 Bull. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 37 241 The figures given in the various tables represent the amount of material [sc. plankton] that is present on a particular date—that is, the standing crop at that time. 1979 R. Brewer Princ. Ecol. iv. 129 At any one time each trophic level contains some amount of energy stored as biomass, often referred to as the standing crop. 2017 @bhartijainTOI 8 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 21 Dec. 2018) April rain in Delhi. Bad for the standing crop in north India? < as lemmas |
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