| 单词 | timothy |
| 释义 | timothy|ˈtɪməθɪ|
[A Christian name, ad. L. Timotheus, Gr. τιµόθεος (= ‘honouring God’).]
1. Short for timothy grass.
1747B. Franklin Let. Wks. 1887 II. 77 You made some mistake when you intended to favor me with some of the new valuable grass seed..for what you gave me..proves mere timothy. 1840J. Buel Farmer's Comp. 225 Timothy, better known in the east as herds-grass, and in Europe as meadow cat's-tail..is the general forage grass of the northern States. 1887Daily News 18 Oct. 3/8 Timothy is scarce both in America and Germany, whence our supplies are mainly derived, and is likely to be dear.
b. attrib., as timothy field, timothy hay, timothy seed, timothy sod.
1772Pennsylvania Gaz. 16 Apr. 4/3 (Advt.), Timothy and blue grass hay to be sold. 1784Pennsylvania Gaz. 17 Mar. 3/2 Timothy seed. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 420 A timothy sod plowed late in spring. 1884Roe Nat. Ser. Story viii, The mowing machine would be used in the timothy fields. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 535/2 Clover seed 60 lb.; timothy seed 48 lb. 1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 25 Apr. 6/1 (Advt.), Horses. Try some of our Washington Timothy Hay—big load just in.
2. ‘A brew or jorum of liquor’ (Sc. slang; E.D.D.).
1855Strang Glasgow & its Clubs (1856) 338 Rum filled the crystal timothies. 1890J. Service Thir Notandums xii. 87 Drink fair, pree and pree aboot, wi' that timothy o' toddy that you've been hirpling aboot to mak. |
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