英语词汇“to weed out”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. To eradicate (errors, flaws, vices, etc.); to remove (harmful or undesirable persons or things); to remove or exclude (individuals regarded as inferior, superfluous, or unfit for purpose) from a group.

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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose > separate valuable from worthless

leasec1420

to weed outc1485

winnowa1616

post-cribrate1627

garble1655

weed1833

to screen out1887

screen1943

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iii. 22 Euill men suld be wedit out.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere ii. p. clvi He wolde rather haue synne shewed..whereby it myght encreace and grow then..shewed in confessyon, where it myght be weeded out and caste away.

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.ii^v Your highnesse..hath..supplanted, & as it were, weeded out a greate numbre of valiant and sturdie Munckes, fryers, [etc.].

1600 J. Perrott 1st Part Consideration Humane Condition ii. i. 29 To weede out the over-weening opinion thereof, wee will first beginne with thy linage and parentage.

1690 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §147 Where you may..gently correct and weed out any Bad Inclinations, and settle in him good Habits.

1738 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistrates & Men in Authority 14 Those who are so active to weed out the Prejudices of Education.

1856 Times 9 June 9/3 [He] persists in his refusal to take office unless he gets guarantees that..he will have a free hand to weed out with merciless vigour the noxious parasites who encumber all spheres of administration.

1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob I. i. 5 She had her house, as heretofore, all her old society (excepting such as she had judiciously weeded out), and a great many new friends.

1901 Essex Weekly News 15 Mar. 5/7 If a herd is to be made profitable, about one fourth of the cows must be weeded-out every year.

1950 D. B. Hertz Theory & Pract. of Industr. Res. xi. 260 Obsolete forms should be weeded out and the design of all forms examined periodically for functionality.

2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 19 Nov. iii. 4/1 Businesses..are stepping up efforts to weed out people who might have the right credentials but the wrong personality.

b. transitive. spec. To remove or exclude (books, documents, etc., regarded as superfluous or not worth retaining) from a library, file, collection of papers, etc.; (also, in governmental or official contexts) to remove or withhold (sensitive or potentially damaging material) from an archive, set of papers for publication, etc.

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1895 Rep. Commissioner Educ. 1892–3 (U.S. Bureau Educ.) 1008 The advantage of pasting on sheets folded in the middle is that they can at any time be readily bound and shelved with books in the class to which they belong. This relieves the scrap collection of some of its bulk, and, as has been, suggested, admits weeding out some sheets containing obsolete matter.

1915 List Bks. for School Libraries State of Oregon (new ed.) 201 When the objectionable books have been weeded out, the task is to secure careful reading.

1939 O. P. Palmer & W. Fernand tr. T. Manteuffel in Amer. Archivist 2 210 The materials weeded out are subject to incineration.

1986 New Statesman 10 Jan. 8/1 More significant than what was in the papers is how many were held back. An unusually large proportion of the 1955 Cabinet papers have been ‘weeded out’.

2014 V. Uma & V. J. Suseela Current Pract. in Acad. Librarianship 164 All but the last copy of any published work may be weeded out if the following conditions are met.

a. transitive. To pull up or otherwise remove (weeds) from land, a crop, etc.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > weed land > remove weeds from

weeda1450

to weed out1557

1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.iii In Iune get thy wedehoke,..and wede out such wede, as the corne doth not loue.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xvi. 27 So great abundance of weeds grew up in their Gardens, as not being any longer able to undergoe the charges they were at in weeding them out.

1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Gramen The only method in which I could succeed, was by sowing each Species in a distinct Pot, and when the Plants came up, to weed out all the other Kinds of Grass which come up in the Pots.

1849 Newcastle Courant 27 Jan. i. 3/6 The farmer repudiated the usual mode of hoeing, or weeding them out..under an impression that he should get rid of the obnoxious intruders.

1895 D. H. Wheeler Our Industr. Utopia & its Unhappy Citizens iv. 104 The gains of agriculture were all contained in the first discovery of the advantages of weeding out the less desirable growths.

1948 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 38 19 Young plants were coming up all over the floor of the greenhouse and I started systematically to weed them out, and thereafter kept the house clear of all except the main plant.

1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Dec. (Final ed.) h5 One of the worst things is that these megaseas spread about in a tiresome way and have to be weeded out.

2018 Sunday World (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 Apr. The rest are the plants nature has gifted without permission or title deed. They are the type that need to be weeded out.

b. transitive. To clear away (plants or trees other than weeds); esp. to remove (individual plants or trees) from a group so as to thin it out and avoid overcrowding.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > thin out

rarefy1650

to weed out1721

1721 W. Waller Let. 4 Apr. in R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husbandry & Gardening I. 76 The first Thing I did..was to examine my Stock of Timber, and..to weed out such Trees, as were not capable of improving themselves.

1757 in R. Maxwell Pract. Husbandman 158 When the Firs become hurtful to the better Trees, they may be weeded out for Use.

1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery I. 85 If you want to shelter a nursery of young trees, plant Scotch firs: and the phrase is, you may afterwards weed them out, as you please.

1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 713 The great objection at present to the Planting of Oaks is their slow Growth (the young wood which is weeded out not paying sufficient for the Board & Lodging of the wood destined for Timber).

1885 Garden 15 Aug. 189/3 When trees are attacked in this way for a series of years,..the better plan is to weed them out gradually in order to give space for such as are found to be thriving better.

1912 E. Godfrey New Forest 63 The firs should be weeded out as the timber grows strong enough to hold its own.

1994 New Scientist 26 Nov. 31/1 Top of his list was ‘liberation thinning’—a method of weeding out noncommercial tree species to encourage growth of the commercially valuable trees.

2007 T. D. Vien in M. Cairns Voices from Forest xxxvi. 440 Poorly performing trees are weeded out, while still maintaining a harvest density of 1,000 to 1,500 trees per hectare.

单词	to weed out
释义	> as lemmas to weed out to weed out 1. a. transitive. To eradicate (errors, flaws, vices, etc.); to remove (harmful or undesirable persons or things); to remove or exclude (individuals regarded as inferior, superfluous, or unfit for purpose) from a group. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose > separate valuable from worthless leasec1420 to weed outc1485 winnowa1616 post-cribrate1627 garble1655 weed1833 to screen out1887 screen1943 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iii. 22 Euill men suld be wedit out. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere ii. p. clvi He wolde rather haue synne shewed..whereby it myght encreace and grow then..shewed in confessyon, where it myght be weeded out and caste away. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.ii^v Your highnesse..hath..supplanted, & as it were, weeded out a greate numbre of valiant and sturdie Munckes, fryers, [etc.]. 1600 J. Perrott 1st Part Consideration Humane Condition ii. i. 29 To weede out the over-weening opinion thereof, wee will first beginne with thy linage and parentage. 1690 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §147 Where you may..gently correct and weed out any Bad Inclinations, and settle in him good Habits. 1738 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistrates & Men in Authority 14 Those who are so active to weed out the Prejudices of Education. 1856 Times 9 June 9/3 [He] persists in his refusal to take office unless he gets guarantees that..he will have a free hand to weed out with merciless vigour the noxious parasites who encumber all spheres of administration. 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob I. i. 5 She had her house, as heretofore, all her old society (excepting such as she had judiciously weeded out), and a great many new friends. 1901 Essex Weekly News 15 Mar. 5/7 If a herd is to be made profitable, about one fourth of the cows must be weeded-out every year. 1950 D. B. Hertz Theory & Pract. of Industr. Res. xi. 260 Obsolete forms should be weeded out and the design of all forms examined periodically for functionality. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 19 Nov. iii. 4/1 Businesses..are stepping up efforts to weed out people who might have the right credentials but the wrong personality. b. transitive. spec. To remove or exclude (books, documents, etc., regarded as superfluous or not worth retaining) from a library, file, collection of papers, etc.; (also, in governmental or official contexts) to remove or withhold (sensitive or potentially damaging material) from an archive, set of papers for publication, etc. ΚΠ 1895 Rep. Commissioner Educ. 1892–3 (U.S. Bureau Educ.) 1008 The advantage of pasting on sheets folded in the middle is that they can at any time be readily bound and shelved with books in the class to which they belong. This relieves the scrap collection of some of its bulk, and, as has been, suggested, admits weeding out some sheets containing obsolete matter. 1915 List Bks. for School Libraries State of Oregon (new ed.) 201 When the objectionable books have been weeded out, the task is to secure careful reading. 1939 O. P. Palmer & W. Fernand tr. T. Manteuffel in Amer. Archivist 2 210 The materials weeded out are subject to incineration. 1986 New Statesman 10 Jan. 8/1 More significant than what was in the papers is how many were held back. An unusually large proportion of the 1955 Cabinet papers have been ‘weeded out’. 2014 V. Uma & V. J. Suseela Current Pract. in Acad. Librarianship 164 All but the last copy of any published work may be weeded out if the following conditions are met. 2. a. transitive. To pull up or otherwise remove (weeds) from land, a crop, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > weed land > remove weeds from weeda1450 to weed out1557 1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.iii In Iune get thy wedehoke,..and wede out such wede, as the corne doth not loue. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xvi. 27 So great abundance of weeds grew up in their Gardens, as not being any longer able to undergoe the charges they were at in weeding them out. 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Gramen The only method in which I could succeed, was by sowing each Species in a distinct Pot, and when the Plants came up, to weed out all the other Kinds of Grass which come up in the Pots. 1849 Newcastle Courant 27 Jan. i. 3/6 The farmer repudiated the usual mode of hoeing, or weeding them out..under an impression that he should get rid of the obnoxious intruders. 1895 D. H. Wheeler Our Industr. Utopia & its Unhappy Citizens iv. 104 The gains of agriculture were all contained in the first discovery of the advantages of weeding out the less desirable growths. 1948 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 38 19 Young plants were coming up all over the floor of the greenhouse and I started systematically to weed them out, and thereafter kept the house clear of all except the main plant. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Dec. (Final ed.) h5 One of the worst things is that these megaseas spread about in a tiresome way and have to be weeded out. 2018 Sunday World (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 Apr. The rest are the plants nature has gifted without permission or title deed. They are the type that need to be weeded out. b. transitive. To clear away (plants or trees other than weeds); esp. to remove (individual plants or trees) from a group so as to thin it out and avoid overcrowding. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > thin out rarefy1650 to weed out1721 1721 W. Waller Let. 4 Apr. in R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husbandry & Gardening I. 76 The first Thing I did..was to examine my Stock of Timber, and..to weed out such Trees, as were not capable of improving themselves. 1757 in R. Maxwell Pract. Husbandman 158 When the Firs become hurtful to the better Trees, they may be weeded out for Use. 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery I. 85 If you want to shelter a nursery of young trees, plant Scotch firs: and the phrase is, you may afterwards weed them out, as you please. 1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 713 The great objection at present to the Planting of Oaks is their slow Growth (the young wood which is weeded out not paying sufficient for the Board & Lodging of the wood destined for Timber). 1885 Garden 15 Aug. 189/3 When trees are attacked in this way for a series of years,..the better plan is to weed them out gradually in order to give space for such as are found to be thriving better. 1912 E. Godfrey New Forest 63 The firs should be weeded out as the timber grows strong enough to hold its own. 1994 New Scientist 26 Nov. 31/1 Top of his list was ‘liberation thinning’—a method of weeding out noncommercial tree species to encourage growth of the commercially valuable trees. 2007 T. D. Vien in M. Cairns Voices from Forest xxxvi. 440 Poorly performing trees are weeded out, while still maintaining a harvest density of 1,000 to 1,500 trees per hectare. extracted from weedv. < as lemmas
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