top-dress; side-dress; top-dressing fertilizer
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesverb
to top-dress; to side-dress; to apply fertilizer during the growing period of crops
technicalAgricultural term referring to fertilizing after the initial base fertilization, usually during critical growth stages like tillering or heading.
Xiǎo小
mài麦
bá拔
jié节
qī期
yào要
jí及
shí时
zhuī追
féi肥
。
Wheat needs timely top-dressing during the jointing stage.
Nóng农
mín民
zhèng正
zài在
gěi给
yù玉
mǐ米
zhuī追
féi肥
。
The farmers are side-dressing the corn.
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Zhè这
kuài块
dào稻
tián田
hái还
xū需
yào要
zài再
zhuī追
féi肥
yī一
cì次
。
This paddy field needs one more application of top-dressing.
noun
top-dressing; side-dressing; fertilizer applied during the growing period
technicalRefers to the fertilizer material itself (such as urea or ammonium nitrate) applied as a supplement to base fertilizer.
Niào尿
sù素
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
cháng常
yòng用
de的
zhuī追
féi肥
。
Urea is a commonly used top-dressing.
Měi每
mǔ亩
dì地
xū需
yào要
shī施
yòng用
èr二
shí十
gōng公
jīn斤
zhuī追
féi肥
。
Each mu of land needs twenty kilograms of side-dressing applied.
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Zhè这
pī批
zhuī追
féi肥
de的
xiào效
guǒ果
hěn很
hǎo好
。
This batch of top-dressing has worked very well.