“cotton、picker”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cotton-picker

释义

cotton-picker U.S.
a. One who picks cotton from the bolls of the plant; also, a machine for doing this.
b. A machine for cleaning and dressing cotton.
1833Deb. Congress 26 Jan. 1363 To save this cost [i.e. of picking cotton by hand], a cotton picker has been invented.1849Sci. Amer. V. 172 New Cotton Picker.1850‘M. Tensas’ Louisiana Swamp Doctor 35 Behold me, then, a student of medicine, but yesterday a cotton-picker.1937Coolidge Texas Cowboys 15 Eastern Texas, according to the punchers, is given over to cotton and corn, and their favorite term of reproach is to call a man a cotton-picker.

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