| 单词 | summer country |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummer country summer country n. Australian and New Zealand land suitable for keeping livestock during the summer (opposed to winter country); spec. (New Zealand) high country land suitable for this use (cf. high country n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > other fields broom-fieldc1314 summer field1597 roughet1616 share acre1641 work field1684 town park1701 tath-field1753 town1822 gas field1833 summer country1860 broom-croft1871 infield1875 1860 S. Austral. Advertiser 18 Aug. The sheep are being placed upon summer country even now,..it being found impracticable to occupy portions of the country usually set apart for winter feeding. 1868 Otago Daily Times (N.Z.) 28 May 5/7 A flock-owner there would, for his own protection, and for stock farming and pasturing purposes, buy winter country as well as summer country. 1922 W. Perry et al. Sheep Farming in N.Z. vii. 88 The higher country..which is likely to hold snow to some depth in the winter months, is termed ‘summer country’. 1954 Wellington (New S. Wales) Times 1 Feb. 1/4 Mr. Mackay said the rains would promote feed in stubble and on the summer country. 2013 D. Norton & N. Reid Nature & Farming ix. 126/1 The best high country properties have a balance of cultivated flats, lambing country and summer country. < as lemmas |
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