单词 | 新割 |
释义 | 〔ted〕To strew or spread (newly mown grass, for example) for drying.摊晒:为干燥(例如新割的草)而撒开或铺开〔ted〕In 15th-century Englandthe verbted meant to spread newly cut hay to facilitate its drying. In the mid-19th centuryan American inventor produced a machine to ted the hay automaticallyand called it atedder. Since modern English is inclined to make verbs out of nouns meaning implements or machines,the nountedder became a verb with the same meaning as the original word ted. Tedder, a New England verb,also turns up in those parts of the Midwest that received settlers from New England.在15世纪的英格兰,动词ted 意为铺开新割的草来加速它的干燥。 在19世纪中叶,一位美国发明家制造了能自动摊晒干草的机器,并称之为翻晒机 。 自从现代英语正在倾向于将意为工具或机器的名词变成动词以来,名词tedder 变成了意思与其源词 ted Tedder 一样的动词, 一个新英格兰的动词,也出现在接受从新英格兰来的移民的中西部的地区〔tedder〕A machine that spreads newly mown hay for drying.See Regional Note at ted 翻晒机:一种能通过铺开新割的干草而使其干燥的机器 参见 ted |
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