| 单词 | peat |
| 释义 | peat (piːt ) uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] Peat is decaying plant material which is found under the ground in some cool, wet regions. Peat can be added to soil to help plants grow, or can be burnt on fires instead of coal. More than a third said that they had already stopped using peat. Collocations: peat fire Inside, the flames were flickering over a peat fire, the scallops melted in the mouth and the langoustines had hard, shining shells. Times, Sunday Times How smoky, smelly and conversational it must have been in there, with five or six people crammed tight together and a good peat fire blazing away. Times, Sunday Times Afterwards, feet up in front of the peat fire in the little library, there's no telly, radio or papers to distract from decluttering the mind. Times, Sunday Times Peat fire emissions may be more harmful for human health than forest fires. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due to over harvesting and a disastrous peat fire in 1930 much of its vegetation was destroyed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In many places the burning has spread to peat soil, which emits large volumes of carbon and where the fires are hard to extinguish. Times, Sunday Times The peat soil becomes waterlogged after the lightest of showers, and it has almost no load-bearing capacity — the run-down bungalow was slowly sinking into the ground. Times, Sunday Times The plant grows in rocky nooks that shelter it from the wind and keep the mossy peat soil saturated, but not flooded. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By building small dams and blocks, the drainage of the area was stopped, preventing further oxidation of the peat soil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pieces of wood can make up five to 15 percent of the peat soil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 泥煤 Japanese: 泥炭 |
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