haymaking

noun

1. 制干草
   the process of cutting and drying grass to make hay

1. Hot steaming rains fell frequently, making the grass where the cows fed yet more rank, and hindering the late haymaking in the other meads.
   热气腾腾的绵绵大雨，使得供奶牛放牧的牧草长得更加茂盛了，但是也妨碍了其它牧场上晚期收割牧草的工作。
2. Ivan Denisovich was not an intellectual: he was a peasant who was horrified to discover, in a letter from his wife, that the farmers in his village were now working in factories rather than haymaking.
   在他夫人给他的一封信中说：伊万•杰尼索维奇并不是个知识分子，而是一个让人吃惊的农民，他现在在他村子的工厂工作而不是在割晒干草。

noun

1. cutting grass and curing it to make hay

2. taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts