| 单词 |
underplant |
| 释义 |
underˈplant, v.
[under-1 2, 4 a.]
trans. †a. To supplant. Obs. rare.
In OE., other senses of L. supplantare are rendered by underplantian.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 151 Iacob on boc leden is icleped on englisse under-plantere of fule custumes [L. supplantator viciorum],..and rithliche.., for he under-plantede [L. supplantavit] fule custumes..mid his clenliche liflode. 1538Elyot, Supplantare,..to vnderplante or set a tree or vyne. 1598Florio, Sotto piantare, to vnder-plant, to vnderset, to vnderprop.
b. To plant or cultivate the ground about (a tall plant) with smaller ones. Chiefly as underˈplanted pa. pple. and ppl. a.
1891W. Schlich Man. Forestry II. iv. 244 Oak woods should be underplanted when the process of opening out has set in. 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Underplant,..to plant (young trees) under an existing stand. 1959Geogr. Rev. XLIX. 29 Clumps and spinneys were underplanted with evergreens. 1962R. Page Educ. of Gardener iii. 101 There were a few old trees which Duchêne had underplanted with yews. Ibid. xi. 302 The cypresses are underplanted with sheets of the bright gentian blue echium. 1971Guardian 17 Apr. 7/7 We plan..to underplant a bush of Spirea arguta..with the pale lemon tulip. 1980Amat. Gardening 25 Oct. 24/2 Transform a corner into a mini-woodland garden with light foliage trees, such as silver birch, underplanted with small flowered daffodil varieties.
Hence † underˈplanter, a supplanter. Obs.
c1200[see underplant v. above]. |
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