| 单词 | watering pan |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatering pan watering pan n. (a) a portable container used for watering plants, typically made of metal, with a spout ending in a perforated nozzle or rose to sprinkle the water; cf. watering pot n. 1 (now rare); (b) a tray or shallow dish containing drinking water for animals, esp. poultry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > watering apparatus watering pot1448 water-pot1530 garden pot1548 watering can1685 watering pan1702 spout head1733 garden engine1744 chantepleure1842 waterer1884 1702 New Vocab. Eng. & Lat. 53 A Watering pan, Harpagium. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 316 Gardeners usually recommend, that all artificial waterings should be performed with the Watering-pan, as more accurately imitating the genial rains. 1902 World To-day Oct. 1984/1 The watering-pan..is placed on a shelf a foot and a half above the floor in order to keep the birds from scratching dirt into it. 1906 Agric. News 20 Jan. 27/1 Shade the beds partially with cocoa-nut boughs or other branches, and water with care from a fine watering pan. 2009 T. Brockman Seasons Henry's Farm iii. 102 Letting out the geese and chickens and guinea fowl; breaking the ice on their watering pans. < as lemmas |
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