stover

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈstəʊ.və/    美 /ˈstoʊ.vɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay. countable,uncountable
    — Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; […]
  2. Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages countable,uncountable
    — Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.

词形变化

stovers plural

词源

From Anglo-Norman estovers (“necessities”) via Middle English estover (“allowance”), ultimately from Latin est opus (“there is need”). Compare estover.
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