| 单词 | black turf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack turf black turf n. (a) peat, esp. as used for fuel (cf. turf n.1 3); (b) a dark clayey soil found in parts of southern Africa (also black turf soil); cf. black cotton soil n. [With South African use compare Dutch turf peat: see turf n.1] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > dark soil black land1598 black soil1700 hen mould1712 mulatto land1741 mulatto soil1789 black cotton ground1804 mulatto loam1837 mulatto mould1838 black bottom1841 black turf1897 a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xx. 155 Black Turf cannot be made without more trouble. First they mark out convenient places; for onely those are fit for it to which some paths do lead. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 30 Adjoining to it is a black turf bog of admirable use for firing. 1850 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 22 222/1 For steam purposes the black turf is admirably adapted. 1897 ‘Cios’ Life Afrikanderland xxxiv. 102 The sticky black soil was coating the wheels to such a degree that..the wheels had no spokes, but became a solid mass of black turf. 1906 Transvaal Agric. Jrnl. Oct. 150 Heavy clay soils and black turf soils which become hard in dry weather are also apt to produce badly-shaped and dirty roots. 1982 H. H. Glassie Passing Time in Ballymenone xvi. 475 Black turf burns longest and hottest. 2005 L. Prendini in B. A. Huber et al. Afr. Biodiversity 43 In contrast, Chelectonus jonesii, a liochelid common in black turf soils.., is a pedipalpal burrower. < as lemmas |
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