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单词 fallow
释义
fallow
adjective
uk
/ˈfæl.əʊ/us
/ˈfæl.oʊ/

fallowadjective(LAND)

Fallowlandis notplantedwithcrops, inordertoimprovethequalityof thesoil:
休耕的
Farmers areeligibleforgovernmentsupportif theyletacertainamountoflandliefallow.如果农民休耕一定面积的土地，他们就能获得政府资助。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fertile or infertile land
  • barrenness
  • bread basket
  • cultivable
  • denude
  • exuberance
  • fertile
  • fertility
  • hospitable
  • hostile
  • luscious
  • lush
  • lushly
  • lushness
  • luxuriant
  • majolica
  • marginal land
  • sterile
  • uncultivated
  • unfruitful
  • verdant
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fallowadjective(TIME)

A fallowperiodoftimeis one in which very littlehappens:
（一段时间）休眠的，不活跃的
After alongfallowperiod, theauthorhasbroughtout a newbook.沉寂了很长一段时间以后，这位作者推出了一本新书。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not active or working
  • inactiveIf you haven’t voted in the last two elections, we consider you inactive and remove you from the electoral roll.
  • dormantThe plants will stay dormant throughout the winter.
  • latentMany people in the region have latent tuberculosis.
  • quiescentThe extremist group was politically quiescent but very socially active.
  • moribundThe family business is now moribund.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tedious and uninspiring
  • anonymous
  • banal
  • basic
  • be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
  • bland
  • marginal
  • marmoreal
  • meh
  • menial
  • middle-aged
  • slow
  • soulless
  • spinach
  • staid
  • stale
  • staleness
  • stuffy
  • tame
  • turgid
  • worthy
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(Definition offallowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fallow| Business English

fallow
adj
uk
/ˈfæləʊ/us
fallowlandislandthat afarmerdoes notgrowcropson for aperiodoftime, usually ayear, so that thesoilqualitycanimprove
used todescribeaperiodoftimein which there is not muchbusinessactivity:
Thecorporationhasgainedmarketsharerecently, but only after alongfallowperiod.
(Definition offallowfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffallow

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Fuel wood from improved fallows on far m may provide a means to conserve the natural vegetation, which is under threat due to deforestation.
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Moreover, sesbania does not coppice, and this means that sesbania fallows have to be re-established after two to three postfallow crops.
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While increasing insect pressures can be controlled through appropriate crop rotations and seasonal fallows, in such societies the dominant constraint is weeds.
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Improved fallows: effects of species interaction on growth and productivity in monoculture and mixed stands.
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The main objective of this paper is to assess the potential of herbaceous legume fallows in improving farm income.
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Herbaceous legume fallows are another form of such fallows.
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The haulm yield of groundnuts after natural fallows was similar to that after calliandra fallows.
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Therefore, for this field type other options have to be pursued to sustain production after shortened fallows.
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Results also hint that mixed fallows would be more effective than single species fallows in nutrient capture.
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An opposite trend was observed in the case of the planted fallows.
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A statistical classification of the fallows was proposed based on shrub phenological course over the two cycles monitored.
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Holo-epiphytes were almost absent in the youngest fallows, whereas hemi-epiphytes, which were mostly represented by aroids, were already substantially present shortly after abandonment.
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The species richness, density and biomass of both holoand hemi-epiphytes increased significantly from young fallows to old fallows and mature forests.
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The age effect was clearer for the hemi-epiphytes, suggesting that species turnover takes places in the ageing fallows.
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Using forest fallows as a source of shade-tolerant timber species may be a viable alternative to regenerating these species in mature forests.
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