| 词汇 | shavings |
| 释义 | shavings noun[ plural ] uk /ˈʃeɪ.vɪŋz/ us /ˈʃeɪ.vɪŋz/ small, very thin pieces of a hard substance: （硬物的）小薄片 The floor was covered in wood shavings.地板上覆盖着一层刨花。 Rubbish and waste activated sludge anti-litter anti-littering debris dejunk garbage garbage disposal gubbins high-level waste influent litter muck rubbish sewage sewerage skip diving slag spoil tat white elephant Examples of shavingsshavings Inoculated chickens and contact animals were housed within these compartments in pens with a solid floor with 1 cm of wood shavings. In winter, animals were housed in a free-stall barn with a concrete slatted floor, and cubicles with wood shavings as bedding material. All animals were housed in plastic cages containing wood shavings. The broiler litter consisted of a mixture of chicken manure and pine shavings collected from commercial broiler production houses and composted in static windrows. Bedding of wood shavings, to minimize existing moisture, was provided and replaced twice a week. These amendments did not include the addition of oak shavings, however. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English A major source of these residues is likely to be the use of treated wood used as shavings in bedding for farm animals and poultry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Little shavings have been taken off corners, houses have been taken down here and a tree uprooted there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The birds are kept on litter, usually wood shavings, which is often never changed throughout their short miserable lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Owing to leg weakness, many of them spend long periods squatting in the litter, generally wood shavings, that covers the floors of broiler sheds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pot scourers were once made from the shavings of metals, which was an excellent way of using up waste materials. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yes, they are kept on wood shavings, but, as he said, they are there only for a short period and it is not necessary to replace them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Wood shavings are the material most commonly used as litter in broiler sheds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Low levels have occasionally been found in food, particularly poultry products, as a direct result of the use of shavings from treated wood as litter for animals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the advice of the doctor the divan was opened, when it was found to be stuffed with wood shavings such as are used for packing eggs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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