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单词 after-gathering
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after-gathering
after-gathering n.
Brit. /ˈɑːftəˌɡað(ə)rɪŋ/
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/ˈaftəˌɡað(ə)rɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˈæftərˌɡæð(ə)rɪŋ/
(a) fruit or crops gathered after the initial harvest, reaping, etc.; gleaning; an item of fruit or a crop so gathered; also figurative (now rare); (b) a social gathering which takes place after an event; an after-party.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > gleaning
gleaningc1440
after-gathering1530
leasing1534
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. xxiii. f. xlii When ye repe doune youre haruest, thou shalt not make..any aftergatheringe of thy haruest: but shalt leue them vnto the poore and the straunger.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges viii. 2 Is not the after~gadderynge of Ephraim better then the whole haruest of Abieser?
a1602 W. Perkins Godly & Learned Expos. Serm. in Mount (1608) 192 The husbandman must not gather his grapes cleane, nor yet his corne field, but leaue the after-gathering and gleaning for the poore.
1836 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 420/1 Were any enterprizing person to purchase the after-gatherings of the spoiled potatoes [etc.]
1900 J. E. Carpenter & G. Harford-Battersby Hexateuch I. App. 226/2 Forgotten sheaves in harvest, and the after-gathering of olive trees and vines to be left for the poor.
1906 Arbitrator June 9/2 At the after gathering in the Assembly Room, the delegates were welcomed by Mr. Barrow Cadbury.
2009 S. L. O'Shea Blue Life..Pink Heart 191 A part of this type training entailed going to peer group meetings, but also the after gatherings, which were unscheduled, informal social events.
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