| 单词 |
landrace |
| 释义 |
landrace|ˈlændreɪs|
[Da.]
A large white pig of the variety so called, originally developed in Denmark, now used elsewhere to produce bacon. Also attrib.
1935Layley & Malden Evolution Brit. Pig 98 (heading) Landrace. The modern model. Ibid., The Danish Landrace..is the model set up to which it is the ambition of our state to mould all British pigs. 1937G. R. H. Bishop Improvement of Bacon Pigs ii. 27 The contented Landrace sows were hardy and prolific. 1948H. R. Davidson Production & Marketing Pigs ix. 126 There [sc. in Denmark], in 1895, were set up the first breeding centres to maintain and improve the breed type of the native Landrace. 1958‘R. Crompton’ William's Television Show viii. 253 ‘A Landrace pedigree, that pig is,’ said the farmer. 1971Country Life 2 Dec. 1588/1 Our breeders [of pigs]..readily accept Large White, Landrace, or crosses of these breeds.
▸ gen. A locally developed breed of livestock or variety of a cereal or other crop plant.
1939A. L. Hagedoorn Animal Breeding x. 79 In ducks we have two native land-races in Holland, the flying ducks around the town of Akkrum in Friesland and the small black ducks of the county of North Holland. 1954Jrnl. Ecol. 42 551 In land races, or local populations of cereals, wide variation in such ear characteristics..is common within a population. 1984Euphytica 33 563 Sixteen durum wheat landraces, i.e., 6 from Algeria, 5 from Ethiopia and 5 from Italy were analyzed. 1993Ont. Beef Farmer Sept. 24/2 (advt.) During the 1800's systematic breeding was used to improve the local Keltic-German Landrace cattle found in the Franconian district of Northern Bavaria. 2000Univ. Oxf. Bot. Garden News Winter 5/1 These less pure land-races are also an invaluable source of future breeding material for the development of new varieties. |
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