| 词汇 | boll-weevil |
| 释义 | BETA boll weevilcollocation in Englishmeanings of bolland weevilThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. boll noun[ C ] uk /bəʊl/ us /boʊl/ the part of the cotton plant that contains ... See more at boll weevil noun[ C ] uk /ˈwiː.vəl/ us /ˈwiː.vəl/ any of various beetles that destroy crops such as grains ... See more at weevil Examples of boll weevilboll weevil Destructive historical events are often accorded a mythic status, as in musical accounts of devastating floods and bollweevil infestations. The bollweevil, an insect that destroyed southern cotton plantations from 1895-1905, became a folk hero-like character through the blues. Second, the trickster figure can be perceived as the singer's alter ego, as in songs about the bollweevil and similar folk characters. The bollweevil which did £40,000,000 damage to the cotton crop in one year has been attacked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why not let the bollweevil do the work that was necessary? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are two causes, two pests, which partly account for that, one an insect pest, the bollweevil, and the other a human pest, the financial speculator. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They had been chiefly sharecroppers and laborers, although some were landowners pushed out by the bollweevil disaster. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It began to recover from 1870 until 1920, by which time the bollweevil had decimated the cotton crop. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the early 20th century, the spread of the bollweevil devastated many southern cotton crops and turned thousands of workers out of the fields. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When bollweevil infestations and the failure of cotton crops drove farmers to move from rural to urban districts, kudzu plantings were left unattended. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cotton industry benefited from the depredations of the bollweevil further west. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fewer pesticide applications enable other insects to survive, including those that naturally prey on the bollweevil. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He subsequently identified several other alternative host plants (including the weevil's likely original host) that have proved critical to the understanding of bollweevil ecology. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On that day vandals ripped the bollweevil out of the statue's hands and permanently damaged the statue. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Severe weather conditions, complicated by an infestation of the bollweevil caused a steady decline in the population. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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