英语词汇“thorough、drain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

thorough-drain

释义

ˈthorough-drain, v. Agric.
[f. thorough adv. (or n. 3) + drain v.]
trans. To drain (a field) by means of water-thoroughs or -furrows; also, to drain thoroughly.
1844Stephens Bk. Farm I. 489 As by this kind of draining [surface-draining] the land is thoroughly or effectually drained, it has been most appropriately called thorough-draining.Ibid. 593 A farmer..thorough-drained one-half of a 4-acre field.Ibid. 662 The subsoil will afford a sufficient quantity of stones, to thorough-drain the ground.1847Raynbird in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VIII. ii. 311 The term thorough-draining is perhaps derived from the old word ‘thorrow’, which Bradley mentions as ‘a distinguishing character for a trench cut purposely for carrying off of water’.

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