hand-pollinate
hand-pollinate — 動詞
- hand-pollinatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- hand-pollinates3rd person singular
- hand-pollinating-ing form
- hand-pollinatedpast simple
1. to move pollen from one flower to another using your fingers, a small brush, or
人工授粉
以手工具代替蜜蜂或風進行授粉
to move pollen from one flower to another using your fingers, a small brush, or a similar tool, instead of relying on bees or wind
Diego hand-pollinated the zucchini flowers with a cotton swab.
Diego 用棉花棒為櫛瓜花進行人工授粉。
hand-pollinate + [flower] + with + [tool]
Amara hand-pollinates her indoor lemon tree because bees never reach it.
Amara 為她室內的檸檬樹進行人工授粉，因為蜜蜂到不了。
The farmer hand-pollinated every vanilla orchid before sunrise.
那位農夫在日出前為每朵香草蘭進行人工授粉。
Erik showed the students how to hand-pollinate tomato plants using a small paintbrush.
Erik 向學生示範如何用小畫筆為番茄植株進行人工授粉。
Without any insects in the greenhouse, the cucumbers must be hand-pollinated.
溫室裡沒有昆蟲，所以黃瓜必須靠人工授粉。
- manually pollinate
same meaning but more formal; often used in scientific and agricultural writing
- artificially pollinate
broader term that can include mechanical or lab-based methods beyond simple hand tools
文法句型
hand-pollinate + noun
用法筆記
Object is always a plant, flower, or crop. Typically used when natural pollinators such as bees or wind are unavailable.