英语词汇“soil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

soil

释义

loose material composed of weathered rock fragments and usu decayed plant and animal matter that covers large parts of the land surface of the earth

the upper layer of such material that may be dug and in which plants grow

a layer of soil with a characteristic profile¹ (series of layers or zones) that develops from a certain type of rock or other material

country; land

back on home soil

(the soil) agricultural life or work

a medium in which something takes hold and develops

soilless adj

[Middle English via Anglo-French from Latin solium seat, prob confused with Latin solum ground]

to make or become (something) dirty, esp superficially

to defecate on or in (something)

to defile or corrupt (something or somebody) morally

to blacken or tarnish (e.g. a reputation)

verb intrans

to become soiled or dirty

[Middle English soilen from Old French soiller to wallow, soil, ultimately from Latin suculus, dimin. of sus pig]

dirt or defilement

refuse or sewage

to feed (farm animals, esp cattle) on green fodder as a means of fattening or purging

[prob from soil³]

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