| 单词 | coir |
| 例句 | The coir comes from coconut husks and resists mildew. Holiday gift guide 2014: Personalized gifts Terrain’s Handel says that in most climates, the fiber coir, which is made from the husk of a coconut, is best for exterior doormats that are exposed to the weather. The best doormats, according to experts 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Liess is a fan of natural coir mats and often uses them at clients’ homes. Is it time for you to replace these 5 household items? 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z For those who worry about the sustainability of harvesting peat moss, there’s coir, made from coconut husks and high in lignin, the stuff of wood. Planting garlic? Weather conditions are key. So, there is this question about is it better to transport the coir, albeit in very compressed form, by tanker from South Asia to Europe and beyond? How to garden through climate change 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z I think it's better at the moment to use coir. How to garden through climate change 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Alternatively, you can use wool bracken and also coconut coir, but it has a few question marks against it because it's a waste material from coconut plantations, grown mostly in India and Sri Lanka. How to garden through climate change 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Although cheap coir mats tend to shed, she says, these do not. Is it time for you to replace these 5 household items? 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z They share a 12sq in tank, kitted out with organic coconut coir, sphagnum moss, filtered water and a jade plant to climb on. You've got snail: why molluscs are the best pets for 2020 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Blueberry bushes are grown inside them, taking root in coco coir - a coconut-based compost - imported from Sri Lanka. Peru’s ‘fast and furious’ blueberry boom 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z One of the most popular peat-free growing media includes coconut coir, a material made from coconut fibers that has similar qualities to peat, but doesn’t take thousands of years to form. Peat-based soil is an environmental nightmare. Try these alternatives. 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The tiny coconut coir pouches are designed to tuck between the cheek and gum, which allows the water-dispersable cannabinoids inside to be absorbed into the bloodstream. 8 wacky ways to get high without smoking 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z From the sands of the Jersey Shore to the islands of Indonesia, strands of coconut husk, known as coir, are being incorporated into shoreline protection projects. How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z If you are looking for a more sustainable growing medium, you can find off-market planting pods online made of coconut coir, sized for the AeroGarden system. Adventures in AeroGardening — tomatoes grown from the kitchen counter | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z "If we want good quality blueberries we need a place where roots can grow with oxygen and no stress. Coco coir allows us to produce good quality roots," explains Mr Espinoza. Peru’s ‘fast and furious’ blueberry boom 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Many gardeners in the United States also report mixed results because coir varies greatly in terms of the quality and sustainability of manufacturing. Peat-based soil is an environmental nightmare. Try these alternatives. 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Some people use coconut coir, which can be expensive on its own, or peat moss, which is not sustainable, according to worm experts. Everything you need to know about worm composting 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z But before it does, it is sometimes pre-seeded with shoreline plants and grasses, or those plants are placed in holes that can be punched into the coir logs. How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z In her moss creations, Buzo uses coconut coir as the planting medium over the usual base of drainage pebbles. How to build a terrarium, from plant selection to scene building 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z But pots and imported coco coir on their own did not solve the challenge of introducing a northern hemisphere fruit into Peru's hot and arid coastal region. Peru’s ‘fast and furious’ blueberry boom 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Several nurseries he works with use coir and wood-based mixes successfully with all their plants. Peat-based soil is an environmental nightmare. Try these alternatives. 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Important note: Some coconut coir can be salty, so it’s a good idea to soak it for 24 hours to leach out any salt, which is deadly to worms. Everything you need to know about worm composting 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Owner Geri Miller will help participants plant seeds in a coir seedling tray with seed-starting soil mix and an assortment of seeds. One clue the holidays are upon us? Garden light shows and wreath-making are back! 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Owner Geri Miller will help participants plant seeds in a coir seedling tray with seed starting mix and an assortment of seeds. Take a farm tour, plant an herb garden and many more SoCal plant events for fall 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z They shuffle over the wet sand and coir netting with George Blomberg, one of the Port’s senior environmental managers, planting native salt grass and tufted hair grass to help restore an eroded habitat. Seattle’s Maritime High charts new course to diversify old boys club workforce 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Once the hops are taken down, Kansas Hop transfers them to a harvester machine where the hop cones are separated from the coir, leaves and hop bines. Kansas farmers defy odds, make hops into crops 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Throw out that soak water and add clean water to be sure the coir is suitable for use. Everything you need to know about worm composting 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Another option is coir, which is made from coconut husks. Garden centres 'failing to stop peat sales' 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The main contender stepping into peat’s shoes is a material called coir dust, or cocopeat. Consider easy, more sustainable alternatives to peat moss | Produced by Advertising Publications 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Peat moss is also used to help soils retain moisture and improve drainage, but for that use, Masely said he prefers coconut coir, because if peat moss ever dries out, it will actually repel water. The one gardening mistake you can’t afford to make 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z But hops don’t always find the coir and must be trained, Sylvester said. Kansas farmers defy odds, make hops into crops 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Terrain’s Handel says that in most climates the fiber coir, made from coconut husks, is best for exterior doormats that are exposed to the weather. As the rain returns, it’s time for a new doormat | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Near the city’s edge, Isaac’s van stopped at a state-supported cooperative that manufactures coir, a bristly fabric used to make welcome mats sold in hardware stores across the United States. One of the few places where a communist can still dream 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The processed coconut shells are known as coir, a fibrous, spongy material that is ideal for planting lawns. This CEO was hoping for a Trump tax cut. He’s getting more than he bargained for. 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z “Coconut coir almost always will soak moisture from the air, but peat moss has to be watered frequently or it will dry out,” Masely said. The one gardening mistake you can’t afford to make 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Jute mesh, coir logs, and forty-two thousand shrubs help to keep the horticultural soil in place—“the belt and suspenders” of the operation, according to Ellen Cavanagh, the director of planning for the trust. Rise of the Superpark 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Strawberries are planted in suspended grow bags, often using something called coconut coir. The miracle of the 20-week strawberry season - BBC News 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z “Make whatever quantity of coir you want, and the government will buy it,” he said as the women in orange, green and gold saris applauded. One of the few places where a communist can still dream 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The U.S. market relies instead on Sri Lankan coir. This CEO was hoping for a Trump tax cut. He’s getting more than he bargained for. 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The vine and coir go into a chopper motor and spit out as waste and hops separated. Atlas Township hops farm looking forward to 2015 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z It’s a bucket system where after you go to the bathroom you cover it with peat moss or coconut coir or sawdust and you actually compost outside of the house. How One Boomer Lives In A Teeny House 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z It suggests using alternatives such as coir, made from coconut shells, and green waste from household recycling. 'Use less peat' call to UK gardeners 2014-01-17T09:43:39Z The essentials were there: bed, table, chair, window, coir mat, electric light. Romesh Gunesekera: “Road Kill.” 2013-11-25T05:00:00Z Imported coir makes up about 80 percent of the volume in the grass seed the company packages as Scotts EZ Seed. This CEO was hoping for a Trump tax cut. He’s getting more than he bargained for. 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z She also plans to start making products from what she produces, with her company starting to turn its coir into rope. Pioneer woman in Sri Lankan business 2013-09-29T23:17:47Z They watched the accompanying DVD several times and helpfully created the “worm bedding” by mixing water with paper scraps and a part of a coir brick, made from coconut husks, that came with the composter. A City Dweller Tests Four Composters 2013-01-02T23:19:53Z When this was ready, the end of a long coir rope was made fast to the middle, the other end being fastened to our canoe, with a few fathoms to spare, which were passed ashore. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Eatables are kept in swinging safes at the end of coir rope recently tarred. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z A couple of coir fenders trailed drunkenly over the side, while the painter was dragging through the water. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Ms Gunawardana's company turns discarded coconut husks into three useful materials - coir, coir pith and husk chips. Pioneer woman in Sri Lankan business 2013-09-29T23:17:47Z The export trade is chiefly represented by coco-nut oil, plumbago, coir yarn, fibre, rope and tea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The coir fibre mentioned above in connexion with coarse textiles is also extensively used in brush-making. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The native houses in New Britain are built of cane, neatly lashed together with coir cinnet, and the roofs thatched with broad-leaved grass or sugar-cane leaves. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The fiber of the cocoanut husk, or coir, as it is commercially known, has never yet been utilized in this Archipelago, excepting occasionally for local consumption. The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines She had been tied by the chain on her near hind leg to a pillar of the verandah; but the string was coir, and more an emblem of authority than a means of restraint. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel So he tested all manner of strange stuff in a most scientific manner, like coir and palm fibers and grapevines and corn silk. Where the Pavement Ends Rope, the term being used in its widest construction, is made from almost every pliable material, but is generally composed of hemp, manila, coir, cotton, steel, iron, or copper wire. Knots, Bends, Splices With tables of strengths of ropes, etc. and wire rigging There is not a vestige of a nail to be seen in them, their seams, instead of being nailed, are sewed together with coir rope; and they are generally manned with six or eight men. Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales The yield of fiber varies from 12 to 25 quintals of coir and 4 to 7 quintals of brush fiber per 10,000 average husks. The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines There was more coir string, and she ate it all, while the carpenter, who was repairing the dak-bungalow, cursed her and her ancestry from afar. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Within the jail proper there were shops for tailors, weavers, rattan workers, coir and rope makers, flag makers, a printing press, and a photographic studio, and a few draughtsmen for executing plans and working drawings. Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 We found our progress arrested by a boom composed of huge trees fastened together by coir cables, and extending the whole width of the river. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Cutting adrift a length of the coir rope the subaltern bent it to the neck of one of the jars and drew up the vessel full of liquid. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force With improved machinery and careful handling, 18 quintals of spinning coir and 5 quintals of bristle fiber from every 10,000 husks is a fair estimate of the product. The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines So far, it is not grown in any large numbers, and although there is a ready sale for the ripe nuts, there is no attempt to make copra or to utilise the coir. Fruits of Queensland Manilla, coir, and some other ropes, do not require tarring. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Without any reason sufficiently apparent to him, the huge stone fastened to a coir cable, and doing duty for an anchor, was dropped overboard, and the crew betook themselves to sleep. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 We dried them by hanging them on long lines of coir cinnet between the coco-palms of a little island half a mile from our camp. The Call Of The South 1908 A part of this is obtained from tropical America, but it is a regular export of British India, where it is known as coir. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The fibrous husk round the cocoanut, called coir, is manufactured into ropes, matting, brushes, and other useful articles. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Madras boats, of which the planks are sewed together with coir yarn, crossing the stitches over a wadding of coir or straw, which presses on the joints, and prevents much leakage. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. We always carried with us a heavy turtle-net, made of coir fibre, which I had bought two years before in the Tokelau Group. Yorke The Adventurer They had constructed tanks at the bottom of the ships, sewn together with coir thread and covered with pitch in such a way that they were more watertight than casks. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold It is said that coir rots in fresh water, whereas salt water strengthens it. The Philippine Islands The roping was done with a thin one-inch coir rope quickly and neatly, not so tight as to make all quite rigid. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah This, with three pairs of shrouds, completes the rigging, the whole made of coir rope. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The unhappy man was suspended by the wrists from the flag-staff, and a single cord of coir round his waist afforded him additional support. Black Ivory They were of two descriptions, some having their planks sewn together with coir rope, which had keels, and others flat bottomed, the planking being secured by nails. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold It looks exactly like cocoa-nut coir, except that its colour is a little lighter and brighter. The Philippine Islands Slip up on deck, go forward if no one is there, and saw through the cable as quickly as you can; it won’t take long, for it’s a coir rope. Poor Jack Loose wood or other substances, as horns, rattan, coir, &c., to stow amongst casks and other cargo to prevent their motion. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Sun-drying is done on cement or brick floors, on coir mats or trays, or on wooden platforms. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer That evening, while Joe was easing the warps by shoving pieces of coir where the bite came, he felt a grip on his neck. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary The fibre that surrounds the nut makes up the other mysterious article of commerce known as coir, which is twisted into stout ropes, or woven into coco-nut matting and ordinary door-mats. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Desmond slipped out, and in a few seconds returned with several yards of thin coir, a strong rope made of cocoanut fiber. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India These are the cables which I said they keep in their harbours here, to let to hire to European ships, and resemble the coir cables. A Voyage to New Holland The fibrous outer covering, or husk of the nut, when macerated and prepared, is termed "coir," and is spun into yarn and rope. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Slip up on deck, go forward if no one is there, and saw through the cable as quickly as you can; it won't take long, for it's a coir rope. Poor Jack The exports of Ceylon are cinnamon, arrack, coir, cocoa nuts: the imports are grain, piece goods, and European merchandize. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson The coir, or fibre which envelopes the shell within the outer husk, for mattresses, cushions, ropes, cables, cordage, canvass, fishing-nets, fuel, brushes, oakum, and floor mats. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 They do not, according to my experience, affect luxuries in the way of soft down; it is always something moderately stiff, of the coir or horsehair type; nothing soft and fluffy. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 The nut having been stripped of the husk or coir, the shell is broken, and the fatty lining enclosing the milk is taken out. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Those that remained then made another raft of the vessel's topmasts lashed together with coir rope, and made a sail out of some cloth which formed a part of her cargo. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. They had put a coir warp ashore, and gave the barque a cant in the current, so as to bring the broadside to bear on the flagstaff. An Outcast of the Islands We parcelled a bottle of gin round with a small coir line, and sent it ashore by the Nanomea man. By Reef and Palm The preparation of coir is a dirty and offensive occupation. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon These baskets are, up to one-third of their height, thickly woven round with coir, and fastened on the ground between four thick bamboo poles, and with the bottom half an inch in the ground itself. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. In the year 1853, twenty-three hundred and eighty tons of coir were exported from Ceylon. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon The husk of the cocoa-nut is thrown into tanks of water, until the woody or pithy matter is loosened by fermentation from the coir fibre. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon |
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