rowen

n. 一季中牧草之第二度收割, 割除后再生之草

发音

/ˈɹaʊən/

词形变化

rowens 复数

别名

roughings rowet rowett rowings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A second crop of hay (within a growing season).

    古体
  2. 2.

    A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.

  3. 1.

    Dated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).

    苏格兰 可数 过时 不可数

词源

From Middle English rewayn, from Anglo-Norman rewain, from an Old Northern French variant of Old French regain (“an increase”), from re- + gaigner (“to till, win”). The alternative forms represent replacement of unanalysable final /ən/ with the more tractable suffixes -et, -ing; roughing presumably relies on a lost pronunciation of rough as /ˈɹaʊ/.

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