thatching
present participle ofthatch
| 单词 | thatching |
| 释义 | thatching present participle ofthatch thatch verb[T] uk/θætʃ/us/θætʃ/to make arooffor abuildingwithstraworreeds Parts of buildings: roofs & parts of roofs
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Building: construction work & workers Examplesofthatchingthatching In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A bamboo-like reed which grows in tall separate stalks and which is used forthatchingroofs and making baskets. From theCambridge English Corpus That is not only for animal feeding but also soil for improvement and use forthatchingor industry. From theCambridge English Corpus Whilst the average daily rate forthatchingand daubing was 4d per day, rates could on occasion fall to 3d. From theCambridge English Corpus These lower-paid activities included rough masonry, walling, pointing, plastering, daubing, andthatching, which were evidently regarded as semi-skilled or lower-skilled occupations. From theCambridge English Corpus Masonry work, wall construction and repair, daubing and plastering, pointing, carpentry, glazing, plumbing, roof-tiling,thatchingand general labouring tasks all featured, together with a number of allied tasks. From theCambridge English Corpus It is cheaper for a farmer to thresh his corn early, and stacking andthatchingare then cheaper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He cannot even use a cheaper material forthatching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have received no evidence that the importedthatchingreed is subsidised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not confined to reeds used forthatching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thatchingand lime plastering, which can only be done during the summer months, are similarly expensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of them are experts, atthatching, blacksmiths' work, or helping out in the harvest fields. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has savedthatchingand wheelwrighting from extinction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Any man who can look after stock, or do one of the complicated operations of farming, likethatching, is really a key man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I could not get a book onthatching, so we worked it out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is out in the hayfields possibly this afternoon, orthatching, or doing his hedges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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