| 单词 | virgin earth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvirgin earth virgin earth n. = virgin soil n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > virgin soil virgin earth1652 virgin clay1709 virgin mould1813 virgin soil1828 natural1946 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ii. 13 Helmonts sabulum or virgin-earth, which he saith is a certain sand continued from the Center of the earth in divers places, even to the superficies of the same. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 44 Hoping to find in the salt of what he supposed to be Virgin-earth, the true receptacle of an universal spirit. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §141 Virgin earth becomes fertile, crops of new plants ever and anon shew themselves. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 280 Hence the astonishing fertility of all new soil, or what is called virgin earth. 1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. 64 A third part of fresh virgin earth, from a pasture ground. < as lemmas |
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