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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- stubble ['st^bəl]
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n
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2.
n
the stubs of stalks left in a field where a crop has been cut and harvested
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n
(as modifier)
- a stubble field
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4.
n
any bristly growth or surface
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n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French estuble, from Latin stupula, variant of stipula stalk, stem, stubble
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n
Examples
- a stubble of beard
- 短须 → stubble
- designer stubble → designer
- a stubble field → stubble
- 麦茬
- wheat stubble → 茬
- 麦茬地
- a field of wheat stubble (ready for growing other crops) → 麦茬
- 灭茬机
- stubble cleaner → 灭茬
- 他把小麦茬子堆在了田埂边上。
- He piled the wheat stubble along the ridge of the fields. → 茬子
- 他这几天打算清理地里的麦茬儿。
- He is going to clear away wheat stubble in the field. → 麦茬儿
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