英语词汇“under the plough”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. under the plough: (of land) into or under cultivation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adverb]

unhusbandly1607

under-thorough1733

in, under, out of crop1791

under the plough1795

1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 53 The marshes which were formerly under grass, are now very generally under the plough.

1836 Penny Cycl. V. 225 There are actually under the plough 307,800 [acres].

1895 T. Hardy Return of Native in Wessex Novels VI. p. v Their [sc. heaths'] original unity..is now..disguised by intrusive strips and slices brought under the plough with varying degrees of success.

1936 Science 10 Apr. 339/2 Most of the desirable land was in farms, including, unfortunately, millions of acres that should never have been brought under the plow.

1996 Independent 1 Jan. 7/1 The bittern is endangered..due to destruction of its habitat. Large areas of reedbed have been drained and gone under the plough this century.

d. under the plough, employed as arable land. So under cultivation, under tillage, etc.

ΚΠ

1795 [see sense 6b].

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 296 Land..under an arable system of cultivation.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 314 Soils..under tillage.

1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) iv Lands that have been under the plough for hundreds of years.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iii. 37 Of this area, about 10,000 acres are under cultivation.

单词	under the plough
释义	> as lemmas under the plough d. under the plough: (of land) into or under cultivation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adverb] unhusbandly1607 under-thorough1733 in, under, out of crop1791 under the plough1795 1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 53 The marshes which were formerly under grass, are now very generally under the plough. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 225 There are actually under the plough 307,800 [acres]. 1895 T. Hardy Return of Native in Wessex Novels VI. p. v Their [sc. heaths'] original unity..is now..disguised by intrusive strips and slices brought under the plough with varying degrees of success. 1936 Science 10 Apr. 339/2 Most of the desirable land was in farms, including, unfortunately, millions of acres that should never have been brought under the plow. 1996 Independent 1 Jan. 7/1 The bittern is endangered..due to destruction of its habitat. Large areas of reedbed have been drained and gone under the plough this century. extracted from ploughplown.¹ under the plough d. under the plough, employed as arable land. So under cultivation, under tillage, etc. ΚΠ 1795 [see sense 6b]. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 296 Land..under an arable system of cultivation. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 314 Soils..under tillage. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) iv Lands that have been under the plough for hundreds of years. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iii. 37 Of this area, about 10,000 acres are under cultivation. extracted from underprep. < as lemmas
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