oast house

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A building containing oasts, used in conjunction with hop harvesting. UK
    — Sail-like, the oast-house towers of Horsmonden seem almost to plough the rich soil of their Kentish hopfield like graceful yachts on a gently rolling sea. And sail-like, their wind vanes turn the angled cowls with the breeze to create a vacuum inside that draws up hot air to dry the hops on their slatted floor below. This is the Garden of England, and the village is surrounded by orchards and pastures, as well as hopfields - […].

词形变化

oast houses plural

词源

From oast + house.
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