milkshed

词形变化

milksheds 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.

    植物学 商务 金融

    Counties adjoining a large city tended to supply most of its milk before highway and trucking improvements broadened the milkshed.

  2. 1.

    A shed in which animals (such as cows, sheep, or goats) are milked.

词源

From milk + shed, by analogy with watershed.

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