| 单词 | to stand thick with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand thick (also deep) with (b) intransitive. With adjective or adjectival phrase as complement. Of land, a field, etc.: to be covered with a tall or upright plant or crop. Esp. in to stand thick (also deep) with. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [verb (intransitive)] > be covered with crop to stand thick (also deep) with1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxiv. (lxv.) 13 The valleys stonde so thicke with corne [Ger. stehen dick mit Korn (Luther)] yt they laugh and synge. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 214 The lands stand thick with corn. 1837 M. Roberts Progress of Creation 68 Summer succeeds..and the meadows stand thick with grass. 1899 M. Benson & J. Gourlay Temple of Mut i. 3 The fields..stand deep in corn. 1985 W. Herrick That's Life 29 The fields on either side stood tall with corn in the lavender dusk. 1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Apr. At civil war sites, the battlefields stood thick in wild flowers. 2015 @Brodeyy_51 22 July in twitter.com (accessed 29 June 2021) #GrowingUpInOhio where the corn fields stand tall. < as lemmas |
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