Hay

[heɪ]

[heɪ] or [he]

解释:

(noun.) grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.

(verb.) convert (plant material) into hay.

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解释:

(n.) A hedge.

(n.) A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.

(v. i.) To lay snares for rabbits.

(n.) Grass cut and cured for fodder.

(v. i.) To cut and cure grass for hay.

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解释:

n. (Shak.) a home-thrust in fencing.

n. a country-dance with winding movement.

n. a hedge fence.—n. Hay′-ward one who herded the common cattle of a town.

n. grass cut down and dried for fodder.—ns. Hay′cock a conical pile of hay in the field; Hay′-fē′ver an ailment mostly met with in early summer marked by excessive irritation of the nose throat &c. and accompanied with violent sneezing and intense headache—also called Hay′-asth′ma; Hay′field a field where hay is made; Hay′-fork a long-handled fork used in turning over hay to dry or in lifting it; Hay′-knife a broad knife with a handle set cross-wise at one end used for cutting hay from a stack; Hay′-loft a loft in which hay is kept; Hay′-mak′er one employed in cutting and drying grass for hay: (pl.) a kind of country-dance; Hay′-mak′ing; Hay′-mow a rick of hay: a mass of hay stored in a barn; Hay′-rick a pile of hay; Hay′-stack a stack of hay; Hay′-ted′der a machine for scattering hay and exposing it to the sun and air.—Look for a needle in a hay-stack to look for something where it is barely possible to be found; Make hay to throw things into confusion; Make hay while the sun shines to seize a favourable opportunity.

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