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词汇 watercress
释义 watercress
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈwɔː.tə.kres/ us /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.kres/
a plant that grows in water, whose green leaves taste hot and are used as food, often eaten uncooked in salads水田芥(水生植物,叶子常作色拉食用)
 
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In the second experiment (table 1), the outcome of floating metacercariae when they remained on watercress for 21 days was studied.
The percentages recorded on watercress were very low: 3.5% and 4.3% in furrows, 0.8% and 1.3% in ditches.
The highest percentages were recorded on different submerged parts of the watercress, whatever the nature of the site and digenean species.
In this two-person, finite horizon dynamic game, fishermen and watercress producers have conflicting interests over water levels - with the former preferring high levels, and the latter lower levels of water.
Low percentages of metacercariae on watercress were noted in furrows (3.5 - 4.3% of larvae) and ditches (0.8 -1.3%).
He gave us a tour de force in which he shared the delights of watercress beds and church halls in his constituency.
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There are certain crops—rhubarb, mushrooms and watercress are mentioned in the scheme—where one multiplies to get the acreage.
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He may not know of all the ramifications of watercress beds, and that the watercress industry affords opportunity of very profitable investment.
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Any doctor who is treating diabetes will tell you that you must have so-and-so—tomatoes, lettuce, watercress and half-a-dozen other things.
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He farms intensively and has some watercress beds, which are labour-intensive.
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Everything that is produced on a farm, except watercress, has a guaranteed market and a guaranteed price.
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However, we had a good crop of watercress apparently.
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There were sugar, butter, margarine, casein, watercress and an extra pint of fresh pasteurised milk every day.
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Agriculturists such as watercress farmers draw water from a well because it is, of course, essential that such water should be very pure.
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First, we have found it possible to increase the weighting, in calculating the eligible acreage, of land under lights and cloches and of watercress beds.
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