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单词 sub-ploughing
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sub-ploughingsub-plowingn.

Brit. /ˈsʌbplaʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌplaʊɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub-plough v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < sub-plough v. + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
The action of sub-plough v.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > deep ploughing
trench-ploughing1763
sub-ploughing1775
subsoil ploughing1833
subsoiling1837
1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 16 Aug. (1778) sig. M3 Nothing can equal sub-plowing for clearing the surface from running weeds.
1839 Times 25 Jan. 3/1 Mr. Smith..has turned his attention to the draining of land, by draining and sub-ploughing.
1867 B. Otis Diary of Milliner iii. 32 The dressing and sub-plowing, the furrowing, and putting in of the seed.
1916 Nebraska Hort. Apr. 6/1 The opening of a compact soil by means of explosives will supply this oxygen much better and cheaper than plowing and sub-plowing could possibly do.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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