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单词 limey
释义
limeyli‧mey /ˈlaɪmi/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINlimey
Origin:
1800-1900 lime-juicer ‘British sailor’ (19-20 centuries); because lime juice was drunk to prevent the disease scurvy in the British navy
Examples
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  • Acid soil bed I wanted to make a raised bed to grown acid-loving plants in my limey soil.
  • However, if the bed is raised, the limey water can't get in.
American English old-fashioned a slightly insulting word for someone from Britain
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