| 单词 | tassel out |
| 释义 | > as lemmastassel out 2. intransitive. Of maize and sugar cane: To form ‘tassels’, to flower, bloom. Chiefly U.S. Also tassel out. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [verb (intransitive)] > grow or produce parts (of plants) grain1390 ear1442 spindle1577 to run to straw1660 tassel out1757 spean1829 spane1843 silk1878 1757 in C. R. Woodward Ploughs & Politicks (1941) 278 Just before it Tossles it should be plowed & hoed again. 1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 212 The Corn is beginning pretty generally to tassel. 1785 G. Washington Writings (1891) XII. 227 It [Indian corn] should be kept clean and well worked..till it shoots and tassels at least. 1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 83 Corn, if planted, grows a foot high, tassels out and dies. 1881 H. W. Nicholson From Sword to Share xxii. 153 Cane grew..almost everywhere..at altitudes up to 3,000 feet above sea-level, at half that height it ceased to blossom or tassel. 1887 M. E. Wilkins Humble Romance 29 His corn tasselled out..as soon as anybody's. 1966 R. G. Toepfer Witness v. 34 Mr. Davis Miller's corn was starting to tassel out and you could pretty near see it grow. < as lemmas |
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