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fertilizer

/fur-tl-ahy-zer/US // ˈfɜr tlˌaɪ zər //UK // (ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪzə) //

肥料,化肥,施肥,肥水不流外人田

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any substance used to fertilize the soil, especially a commercial or chemical manure.
    • : a person, insect, etc., that fertilizes an animal or plant: Bees are fertilizers of flowers.

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Examples

  • The best options allow you to simply insert the fertilizer directly into your plant, strengthening it over time.

  • The emissions are then either stored or sold for other uses, including fertilizer or even to add bubbles found in soda-type drinks.

  • These are ploughed and injected with a mixture of water, natural fertilizer and cereal seeds as it passes.

  • The steady march of higher yields was achieved by using large quantities of fertilizers and pesticides, as well as by discarding local crop varieties that were deemed unfavorable.

  • In this field, and many others like it, the ground had been prepared by a machine, the seedlings transplanted by a machine, and the pesticides and fertilizers applied by a machine.

  • So the candidate stood up on the fertilizer mound and gave his speech.

  • When it was harvested en masse, it was frequently ground up as fertilizer.

  • Initial testing of the fertilizer was positive; the Sanergy plot yielded 30% more sorghum than a non-fertilized plot.

  • This year, it will begin to sell its fertilizer to farmers, and aims to have 1,000 toilets in use by the end of 2015.

  • Police in Thailand recently investigated a case in which five human skulls were found in a fertilizer bag.

  • Menhaden fish, found near the surface of the water, are inedible but are now being used for making fertilizer and oil in Virginia.

  • Unlike most land adapted for tobacco, large crops are grown without the aid of any fertilizer whatever.

  • Harrowing makes finer the lumps near the surface, and mixes the fertilizer deeper than a rake can be used.

  • Joe walked with a fine, free stride, and dropped the fertilizer from his hand with a perfectly rhythmic gesture.

  • A liberal quantity of some good fertilizer should be added to it.