fallow perioda time when nothing is done or achieved 空闲期;没有任何成绩的一段时期 The band went through a fallow period in the late 90s. 90年代后期,该乐队销声匿迹了一段时间。
fallow period• Properly looked after they can produce several crops a year and remain fertile for centuries without needing a fallow period.• There are sudden, dramatic leaps in small children's learning, interspersed with long fallow periods when nothing seems to happen.
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