| 单词 | earth-eating |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth-eating earth-eating n. and adj. (a) n. the practice of eating earth, geophagy; (b) adj. that eats earth. ΚΠ 1809 J. Montgomery in J. Montgomery et al. Poems Abolition Slave Trade 50 It is remarkable that ‘earth-eating’, as it is called, is an infectious, and even a social malady. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xxiv. 499 These examples of earth-eating in the torrid zone appear very strange. 1869 tr. F. A. Pouchet Universe (1871) 22 There are a tolerably large number of earth-eating tribes in North America. 2001 Africa News (Nexis) 18 June Haemoglobin and ferritin levels were significantly lower among earth eating women. 2002 W. M. Geserland & R. A. Kearns Culture/Place/Health 123 John Hunter..traced the origins and diffusion of geophagy or earth-eating in Africa and the USA. < as lemmas |
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