单词 | vegetable-eating |
释义 | > as lemmasvegetable-eating vegetable-eating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating vegetables herbivorous1661 vegetable-eating1703 vegetable-feeding1803 vegetivorous1822 vegetarian1850 plantivorous1890 1703 Coll. Improvem. Husbandry & Trade 13 Aug. The Estrich..is a Phitivorous (or Vegetable eating) Bird. 1838 W. A. Alcott Veg. Diet viii. 230 The best solids and fluids are produced by vegetable eating. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxv. 262 They are exceedingly expert divers, and can swim under water to much longer distances than any others of the vegetable-eating ducks. 1922 H. T. Finck Gardening with Brains iii. 28 Vegetable eating, in our own country, is still in its infancy. 2010 Times Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 19 Sept. b12 Zoo officials have embarked on a new project to cart dung from..vegetable-eating animals to a corner of the zoo's service yard. < as lemmas |
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