单词 | summer top |
释义 | > as lemmassummer top summer top v. rare transitive to cut off or prune the top of (a growing tree, plant, etc.) in the summer.figurative in quot. 1548. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut off or away (with an instrument) thwitea900 telwec1440 mowc1450 top1509 summer top1548 whittle1552 white1567 shave1605 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lv The head of thys sedicion was sommer topped, that it coulde haue no tyme to sprynge any higher. 1895 A. Despeissis Handbk. Hort. & Viticulture W. Austral. 56 Each variety can be trained, pruned, or summer topped, according to the method best suited to its particular habit of growth. 2005 S. R. Mishra Plant Reprod. iii. 29 ‘Summer topping’ new canes by pinching off 3 to 4 in of the tip after growth of 18 to 30 in. encourages lateral shoot production. < as lemmas |
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