| 词汇 | cotton-picking |
| 释义 | cotton-picking adjective[ before noun ] USinformal old-fashioneduk /ˈkɒt.ənˌpɪ.kɪŋ/ us /ˈkɑː.t̬ənˌpɪk.ɪŋ/ used to add emphasis when you are slightly annoyed: （用于强调有点气恼）该死的，糟糕的，讨厌的 Just wait one cotton-picking minute, will you?就等该死的一分钟，好吗？ Expressions of anger ay bally beg biscuit blast blasted bloody dickens drat dratted egad fie flaming flip la marry need precious put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it!idiom rats Examples of cotton-pickingcotton-picking Indeed, she did little field-service except in times of special pressure and during the quarter of cotton-picking. From Project Gutenberg The men do a little chopping and cotton-picking, but not enough to pay for the living of themselves and families. From Project Gutenberg If they want better pay for their labor, why didn't they strike in the midst of the cotton-picking? From Project Gutenberg Not able to increase his force, it was his custom to hire during the hurry of cotton-picking. From Project Gutenberg The playwright has striven to transfer from the field to the stage a cotton-picking scene and has made a travesty of it. From Project Gutenberg You must not, however, run away with the notion that cotton-picking is a hurried process. From Project Gutenberg They telled me she was a good cook; and they can use her for that, or set her at the cotton-picking. From Project Gutenberg At first cotton-picking was interesting, the fluffy bolls looking like artificial roses and the stray blossoms strangely shaped and delicately pink. From Project Gutenberg It is left in this condition until after cotton-picking is over, whether earlier or later. From Project Gutenberg It is usual, also, in the most hurrying time of cotton-picking, to require the same extra service. From Project Gutenberg When they have learned their manual alphabet tolerably well, they are placed in the field to take a spell at cotton-picking. From Project Gutenberg All they are fit for is education for cotton-picking and dish-washing. From Project Gutenberg It was cotton-picking time, a few months after our marriage, and, the crop being unusually large, my master sent my wife to work in the field. From Project Gutenberg I was too late to see the cotton-picking, and too early for the chopping-out and hoeing, but in season to witness the preparation of the ground for planting. From Project Gutenberg Working in tobacco, to whose culture he had been used, he could hold his hand with the best: how would it be in this new business of cotton-picking? From Project Gutenberg 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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