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单词 gruft
释义 gruft local.|grʌft|
Particles of soil which are washed up by rain among the grass.
1803E. Harrison Rot in Sheep in Ann. Agric. XL. 529 A gruft which adheres to the grass in wet weather.Ibid. 530 By beating rains..particles of the soil, or the gruft, as it is called, will be washed among the grass.
Hence grufted |ˈgrʌftɪd| ppl. a., begrimed, dirty.
1880Tennyson Village Wife vii, An' 'is nöase sa grufted wi' snuff es it couldn't be scroob'd awäay.1886S.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v., His hands are grufted up.
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