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单词 old field
释义

old field


noun

land no longer under cultivation because the fertility of the soil has been exhausted.

Origin of old field

An Americanism dating back to 1625–35

Words nearby old field

Old Faithful, oldfangled, old fart, old fashioned, old fellow, old field, old-field colt, Old Flemish, old fogy, Old Franconian, Old French

Definition for old field (2 of 2)

Oldfield
[ ohld-feeld ]
/ ˈoʊldˌfild /

noun

Ber·na Eli [bur-nuh], /ˈbɜr nə/, "Barney", 1878–1946, U.S. racing-car driver.
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for old field

  • Shaggy backwoodsmen met in "old-field" log schoolhouses and denounced "the steal."

    The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge
  • Well, old-field pine is good enough manure for a man who has plenty of land and can take his time.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
  • There were, besides, some small schools in the colony, probably such as are now known as "old-field schools."

    History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia|Charles Campbell

British Dictionary definitions for old field

Oldfield
/ (ˈəʊldˌfiːld) /

noun

Bruce. born 1950, British fashion designer
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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