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单词 top dressing
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Definition of top dressing in English:

top dressing

noun
  • An application of manure or fertilizer to the surface layer of soil or a lawn.

    he gave most of the plot another top dressing last month
    rake or hoe in a top dressing of fertilizer
    figurative he put a top dressing of grandeur on his career
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The compost can be used as mulch around plants, as a top dressing over your lawn which can fertilise the soil, or as a soil improver in vegetable or flower beds.
    • Good compost is a must for every garden, and all of your plants will benefit from a good top dressing with this rich, organic material.
    • Courses have been overseeding with winter rye, aerifying and top dressing greens, and preparing 2002 maintenance budgets.
    • Sligo County Council has completed the top dressing on Teeling Street after all the man-holes have been filled in and all the underground work now completed.
    • In the spring, his crew will be back on the fairways aerating, top dressing and fertilizing.
    • The next project was the development of an air strip and aerial top dressing to increase the area of productive land.
    • Due to the good nitrogen-fixation, top dressing is normally not required.
    • Some sites were completely excavated and refilled with fresh compost and soil; others receive top dressing with 2 feet of compost.
    • From now until July 20 he will keep it aerated, fed and watered, give it a top dressing and keep it mowed, usually to a length of 50 mm.
    • Then walk up and down the lawn pulling the device and smoothing out the mounds while top dressing the lawn at the same time.
    • Sligo County Council have completed the top dressing on Teeling Street after all the manholes have been filled in and all the underground work now completed.
    • The operation will involve levelling, grading, top dressing and seeding the pitches but, as was done at Nuttall Park in Ramsbottom last year, a specialist Koro Topmaker machine will be used on one of the pitches.
    • A heavy top dressing to improve levels was put in place and the area rolled to a fine finish.
    • The work in question involved stripping the pitch using a Koro machine and draining off the surface water before seeding, top dressing and fertilising.
    • I also gave the potted plants (rosemary, chives, oregano and garlic) a bit more compost and a top dressing of bark chips to smarten them up, keep down the weeds and help with water retention.

Derivatives

  • top-dress

  • verbˌtɒpˈdrɛs
    [with object]
    • Apply manure or fertilizer to the surface layer of (soil or a lawn)

      top-dress garden beds with two to four inches of compost
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rake up the cores and top-dress with a fine mulch, such as compost.
      • Use the small marbles to top-dress your lawn, or mulch roses, vegetables or flower beds.
      • Finish pruning and top-dress fruit trees, shrubs and brambles with well-rotted manure or compost.
 
 

Definition of top dressing in US English:

top dressing

nounˈtäp ˌdresiNG
  • An application of manure or fertilizer to the surface layer of soil or a lawn.

    he gave most of the plot another top dressing last month
    rake or hoe in a top dressing of fertilizer
    figurative he put a top dressing of grandeur on his career
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I also gave the potted plants (rosemary, chives, oregano and garlic) a bit more compost and a top dressing of bark chips to smarten them up, keep down the weeds and help with water retention.
    • The work in question involved stripping the pitch using a Koro machine and draining off the surface water before seeding, top dressing and fertilising.
    • Some sites were completely excavated and refilled with fresh compost and soil; others receive top dressing with 2 feet of compost.
    • Good compost is a must for every garden, and all of your plants will benefit from a good top dressing with this rich, organic material.
    • Courses have been overseeding with winter rye, aerifying and top dressing greens, and preparing 2002 maintenance budgets.
    • From now until July 20 he will keep it aerated, fed and watered, give it a top dressing and keep it mowed, usually to a length of 50 mm.
    • Then walk up and down the lawn pulling the device and smoothing out the mounds while top dressing the lawn at the same time.
    • The next project was the development of an air strip and aerial top dressing to increase the area of productive land.
    • The compost can be used as mulch around plants, as a top dressing over your lawn which can fertilise the soil, or as a soil improver in vegetable or flower beds.
    • In the spring, his crew will be back on the fairways aerating, top dressing and fertilizing.
    • A heavy top dressing to improve levels was put in place and the area rolled to a fine finish.
    • Due to the good nitrogen-fixation, top dressing is normally not required.
    • Sligo County Council have completed the top dressing on Teeling Street after all the manholes have been filled in and all the underground work now completed.
    • The operation will involve levelling, grading, top dressing and seeding the pitches but, as was done at Nuttall Park in Ramsbottom last year, a specialist Koro Topmaker machine will be used on one of the pitches.
    • Sligo County Council has completed the top dressing on Teeling Street after all the man-holes have been filled in and all the underground work now completed.
 
 
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