adj.休耕的;不活跃的
n.休耕地;休耕
v.使休耕
The field was lying fallow. 那田地正在休耕中。
The farmer kept his cows in a fallow field. 那农民把他的奶牛放在休闲地里。
They have their creative and their fallow times. 他们有他们的创作和沉潜期。
When John had finished his last book, he found that no new ideas would come; his brain seemed to be lying fallow. 约翰写完上一本书后,发现想不出什么新的构思;他的脑子似乎在休息。
用作名词 (n.)Forest fallow is an intermediate class between forest and non-forest land uses. 休耕林是林地和非林地的中间阶段。
Summer fallow is the best method of destroying weeds. 夏季休耕是消灭杂草的最好办法。
用作动词 (v.)They take in fresh land in order to fallow the exhausted soil. 他们另行耕种新土地,使耗竭的土地得到休耕。