| 单词 | fallow |
| 释义 | fallow (once / 3081 pages) adjn Something that is fallow is left unused. If you’re smart but lazy, someone might say you have a fallow mind. We use the word to talk about any unused resource, it started as a work about land. Fallow comes from the old English word for plowing, and refers to the practice of leaving fields unplowed in rotation––when a field lies fallow, the soil regains nutrients that are sucked up by over-planting. WORD FAMILYfallow: fallows USAGE EXAMPLES“Nobody seems to realize that normal rules do not apply when you are interviewing a narcissist,” this behavior expert explains to Fallows. Salon(Dec 10, 2016) As the ground lay fallow, families moved on with their lives, settling elsewhere, growing up and growing old. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) Animal carcasses included in the ban are white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose, caribou, red deer, sitka deer and fallow deer. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1adj left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season fallow farmland Syn unbroken, unploughed, unplowed (of farmland) not plowed 2adj undeveloped but potentially useful a fallow gold market Syn undeveloped, unexploited undeveloped or unused 3n cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons Hyper cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops |
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