| 词汇 | oxen |
| 释义 | oxen uk /ˈɒk.sən/ us /ˈɑːk.sən/ plural ofox Examples of oxenoxen In the sugar fields, oxen replaced tractors in hauling cane to the mills, and bagasse was used as fuel to conserve oil. Because of the central role of oxen in this system, there is a greater integration of livestock breeding with land husbandry. Traction was provided by two oxen which were managed by two labourers. There are fascinating details about breeding, trade and military potential of the horse, the elephant, dromedaries, oxen and other animals important to the military commissariat. A skeleton carrying a banner with another skull and crossed bones rides one of the oxen. On the other hand, husbandry flourished by raising goats, sheep, oxen, horses, swine and other animals. Rights to oxen more than rights to land define farmer's resource management strategies. Two dummy variables are created with households having two or more oxen being a reference category. Clearly, households with more oxen are able to carry out timely land preparation operations and attract more non-farm labor through exchange of oxen. Someone's guarantee or asset ownership (especially oxen) was needed to qualify for informal credit. For example, terraces lower the surface area available for planting, and often make tractor and oxen use more difficult. Three thousand years ago domesticated oxen and horses and carts had become an important means of overland transport. The households were stratified according to their number of oxen, a vital asset used for cultivation. In the above study, an attempt was made to overcome this problem by taking the average of several oxen. Results are pooled data from k individuals of each type compared individually against single oxen (420 kg) on 12-120 days. 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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