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top dressing

顶部敷料

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dressing of manure on the surface of land.
    • : the action of one who top-dresses.
    • : a top layer of gravel, crushed rock, etc., on a roadway.

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Examples

  • The soil will benefit from a little cultivation and a top dressing of compost or leaf mold, which is then scratched into the soil.

  • There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.

  • In the meantime, Epstein has tried to use his charitable projects to float him back to the top.

  • If so, he has his silence -- on top of poor judgment -- to blame.

  • One of its top officials is the current minister of the interior in Baghad.

  • Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.

  • He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

  • The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.

  • The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.

  • The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.