单词 | streeking-time |
释义 | > as lemmasstreeking-time 2. The action of setting (a plough or other implement) to work. streeking-time, ploughing-time. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action > setting in operation streeking?a1500 start1680 startings1907 turn-on1962 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing time streeking-time?a1500 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2234 in Poems (1981) 85 Sa happinnit him, in streiking tyme of ȝeir, Airlie in the morning to follou furth his feir Vnto the pleuch. 1555 Charters etc. Peebles (1872) 218 At the streking of the plewis yerelie, betwix Sanct Lucas day and Mertymes, and at harrowis streking. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 312 The season of labouring,..from the time of strieking, to upseed time. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。