词汇 | sisal |
释义 | sisal noun[ U ] uk /ˈsaɪ.səl/ us /ˈsaɪ.səl//ˈsɪs.əl/ (a tropical plant whose leaves produce) strong threads that are used for making rope and floor coverings西沙尔麻,剑麻 vermontalm/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Crop plants & economic plants beet black mustard brassica breadstuff canola crucifer fat hen field corn flax flaxseed mesquite multi-line neep oilseed rape opium poppy tall fescue turfgrass vetch wheatgrass white clover Examples of sisalsisal Export crops are cotton, sisal, coffee, tea, tobacco, and pyrethrum. It was difficult to establish by direct observation whether the bats actively consumed sisal nectar or pollen. Consequently, sisal flowers were available to the bats throughout the 28-mo study. He cleaned the barrel with a piece of dry corn husk and sisal string. The two best examples of this uninterrupted activity are henequen (sisal) and oil production, although due to different reasons. It is a sloping site (3-8 %) that was under sisal prior to being cleared in 1993. All crops except coffee, tea, and sisal are annual. The empirical results show little evidence of farmers responding in the short run to price increases of crops such as coffee, tea and sisal by expanding the cultivated land area. Ninety-five per cent of all insect remains were found in faecal samples containing sisal pollen, indicating accidental ingestion due to surface contamination of these flowers by insect visitors. Most of the land allotted to the 11 companies was in extension of existing sisal estates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The position has steadily worsened, and now he would perhaps say that he needs more tons of sisal even to buy just a few parts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Several million dollars worth of sisal are held up in the country and might be shipped out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A number of commodities—for example, coffee, tea, cocoa, bananas, natural rubber, jute, sisal and palm oil—are produced largely or exclusively in tropical developing countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that the imports of raw materials, such as cotton, sisal and jute, would not be taxed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are a large number of such products: rubber, sugar, sisal, tung, abaca, cotton, pyrethrum and many others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sisal 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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