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peat

英式英标[pit]
美式音标[piːt]

n. 泥煤；泥炭块；泥炭色

n. (Peat)人名；(英)皮特

中文词源

peat 泥煤，泥炭

词源不详。可能来自凯尔特语*pett,小块，小量，词源同piece,patch.后引申词义小块泥土，泥煤，泥炭等。

英文词源

peat: peat: see piece
peat (n.): c. 1200, in Scottish Latin, of unknown origin, probably from a Celtic root *pett- (cognates: Cornish peyth, Welsh peth "quantity, part, thing," Old Irish pet, Breton pez "piece"). The earliest sense is not of the turf but of the cut piece of it, and the Celtic root may be connected to that of piece.

中文解释

1. piece, patch => peat.2. 谐音“皮炭、劈炭、批炭”。3. *peatan => peat.

实用例句

1. Lean the plants against a wall and cover the roots with peat.: 把植物靠墙摆放，用泥煤盖住根部。

2. In the course of the evening he gave me chapter and verse on the mosses of the Islay peat bogs.: 整个晚上，他向我详细讲述艾莱岛泥炭沼泽地上的各种青苔。

3. Strongly acid peat soils are often low in calcium.: 强酸性泥炭土常呈现低钙.

4. Peat moss is a major constituent of most soil mixes.: 泥苔藓是许多土壤混合物的主要成份.

5. The incisive , cultured but unaffected voice matched Peat - Smith's ingenuous appearance.: 皮特 -史密斯开门见山,彬彬有礼, 而又不失于矫揉造作的话语同他那幅真诚的表情很相称.

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