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单词 brick-earth
释义 brick-earth|ˈbrɪkˈɜːθ|
[f. brick n. + earth.]
Earth or clay suitable for making bricks; in Geol. a clayey brownish earth lying below the surface soil in the London basin.
1667Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 24 We went to search for brick-earth.1768Tucker Lt. Nat. II. 75 Timber, stone, lime, and brick-earth for our habitation.1878Huxley Physiogr. xvii. 280 In many places round London the sheet of gravel is overlaid by a thin deposit of brownish loam represented on the map as brick-earth since it is largely worked by brickmakers.
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