fallow
fallow1
adjective
fallowness
noun
语源
fallow2
noun
adjective
- (of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production
（农田）休闲的，休耕的
incentives for farmers to let land lie fallow in order to reduce grain surpluses.
为减少粮食剩余而让农民休耕土地的激励措施。
■(figurative)inactive
(喻)沉闷的；不活跃的
long fallow periods when nothing seems to happen.
似乎不会发生任何事情的漫长而沉闷的时期。
■(of a sow) not pregnant
（母猪）未受孕的
- a piece of fallow or uncultivated land
休闲地；未耕地
- [with obj.]leave (land) fallow for a period after it has been ploughed and harrowed
让（田）休闲
fallowness
noun
语源
- Old English fealgian 'to break up land for sowing', of Germanic origin; related to Low German falgen
fallow2
noun
- [mass noun]a pale brown or reddish yellow colour
淡棕色
- Old English falu, fealu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vaal and German fahl, falb
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