| 单词 | cotton-picking |
| 释义 | cotton-picking adjective[before noun] USinformal old-fashioneduk/ˈkɒt.ənˌpɪ.kɪŋ/us/ˈkɑː.t̬ənˌpɪk.ɪŋ/used toaddemphasiswhen you areslightlyannoyed: （用于强调有点气恼）该死的，糟糕的，讨厌的Justwaitone cotton-pickingminute, will you?就等该死的一分钟，好吗？ Expressions of anger
Examplesofcotton-pickingcotton-picking Indeed, she did little field-service except in times of special pressure and during the quarter ofcotton-picking. FromProject Gutenberg The men do a little chopping andcotton-picking, but not enough to pay for the living of themselves and families. FromProject Gutenberg If they want better pay for their labor, why didn't they strike in the midst of thecotton-picking? FromProject Gutenberg Not able to increase his force, it was his custom to hire during the hurry ofcotton-picking. FromProject Gutenberg The playwright has striven to transfer from the field to the stage acotton-pickingscene and has made a travesty of it. FromProject Gutenberg You must not, however, run away with the notion thatcotton-pickingis a hurried process. FromProject Gutenberg They telled me she was a good cook; and they can use her for that, or set her at thecotton-picking. FromProject Gutenberg At firstcotton-pickingwas interesting, the fluffy bolls looking like artificial roses and the stray blossoms strangely shaped and delicately pink. FromProject Gutenberg It is left in this condition until aftercotton-pickingis over, whether earlier or later. FromProject Gutenberg It is usual, also, in the most hurrying time ofcotton-picking, to require the same extra service. FromProject Gutenberg When they have learned their manual alphabet tolerably well, they are placed in the field to take a spell atcotton-picking. FromProject Gutenberg All they are fit for is education forcotton-pickingand dish-washing. FromProject Gutenberg It wascotton-pickingtime, a few months after our marriage, and, the crop being unusually large, my master sent my wife to work in the field. FromProject Gutenberg I was too late to see thecotton-picking, and too early for the chopping-out and hoeing, but in season to witness the preparation of the ground for planting. FromProject Gutenberg Working in tobacco, to whose culture he had been used, he could hold his hand with the best: how would it be in this new business ofcotton-picking? FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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