单词 | unrotted |
释义 | unrottedadj. Not rotted. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > not rotten or putrefied unrottenc1410 unrotted?1440 unputrefied1542 unputrid1634 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) x. l. 201 And thenne vnroted wol the grape abide. 1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. ii. xx. 131 These Grapes will hang ripe, vnrotted or withered, euen till Christmas. 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. ii. 67 Apply hot unrotted and uncompound dungs and manures. 1732 W. Ellis Pract. Farmer 84 Rotten Dung is worth treble the quantity of new hollow and unrotted Dung. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 488 The unrotted stubble..may form obstacles under..the plough. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xii The few unrotted shreds still cleaving to its bones. 1936 Ecology 17 462 The tree stumps were chosen for maximum age, unrotted centers and avoidance of extremes of habitat. 2013 Country Living (Nexis) Mar. 41 Now is the time to sow early peas. Dig a trench, fill with unrotted compost, cover with earth and sprinkle on some seeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1440 |
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