Cotton picking was beneath Pork's dignity but hunting and fishing were not.
看来摘棉花有点降低波克的身份,而打猎和钓鱼就不同了。
为奴十二年
In the latter part of August begins the cotton picking season.
8 月下旬开始棉花采摘季节。
为奴十二年
At night it is weighed, so that his capability in cotton picking is known.
晚上称重,才能知道他的采棉能力。
飘(原版)
Scarlett had not intended to do any cotton picking herself, even after Grandma Fontaine's tart remark. It was unthinkable that she, an O'Hara lady, now the mistress of Tara, should work in the fields.
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the family of Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will tend to increase the dispersal of the seeds.