| 单词 | soil |
| 释义 | soil (once / 94 pages) nv Soil is the dirt between our fingers as we garden or farm, from which all living things come and to which, as the poets never tire of reminding us, all life eventually returns. Such a big meaning for such a little word. To soil something also means to make it dirty, or to degrade it in some way — strange given the natural purity of soil. Sometimes nations talk about their soil, meaning the geographical area over which they have governance. In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth century the euphemism "night soil" was used to describe the contents of the commodes people kept under their bed. But you probably didn't want to know that. WORD FAMILYsoil: soiled, soiling, soils, soilure, subsoil, undersoil+/soiled: unsoiled/soiling: soilings/soilure: soilures/subsoil: subsoils USAGE EXAMPLESTo minimize erosion, terrain, soil structure and rainfall are also considered. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Michigan Association of Drain Commissioners says drain commissioners enforce laws related to flood protection, storm management and soil erosion. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) In a natural state, plants grow, they die, the nitrogen they contain returns to the soil, and new plants use it to grow. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) 1n material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) good agricultural soil Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper ground, land Bad Lands an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska Evergladesa large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife Okefenokee Swampa large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia badlands deeply eroded barren land bottom, bottomlandlow-lying alluvial land near a river coastlandland in a coastal area cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tiltharable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops overburdenthe surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits permafrostground that is permanently frozen polderlow-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands) rangelandland suitable for grazing livestock scablands(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) greensward, sod, sward, turfsurface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots wetlanda low area where the land is saturated with water bog, peat bogwet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel divota piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club) fallowcultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons fen, fenland, marsh, marshlandlow-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water swamp, swamplandlow land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow 2n the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock Syn|Hypo|Hyper dirt marl a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime regosola type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand residual clay, residual soilthe soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved surface soil, topsoilthe layer of soil on the surface subsoil, undersoilthe layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock alluvial soila fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds bog soilpoorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation claya very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired clunchhardened clay desert soil, desertic soila type of soil that develops in arid climates caliche, hardpancrust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions fuller's earthan absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent gilgai soilsoil in the melon holes of Australia gumbo, gumbo soilany of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water humuspartially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil indurated clayhardened clay Indian reda red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment lateritea red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides loama rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials loessa fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind mold, mouldloose soil rich in organic matter clay, mudwater soaked soil; soft wet earth bolea soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soila soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer prairie soila type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates sanda loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral sedimentary clayclay soil formed by sedimentary deposits siltmud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake boulder clay, tillunstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together tundra soila black mucky soil with a frozen subsoil that is characteristic of Arctic and subarctic regions wiesenbodena dark meadow soil rich in organic material; developed through poor drainage in humid grassy or sedge regions adobethe clay from which adobe bricks are made argila white clay (especially a white clay used by potters) china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra albaa fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) red clayclay whose redness results from iron oxide regur, regur soila rich black loam of India bleaching clay, bleaching earthan adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils mud piea mass of mud that a child has molded into the shape of pie chernozemic soila rich black loam of Russia pipeclay, terra albafine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather bentonitean absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash fireclaya heat-resistant clay Kitty Littergranulated clay; placed in a container where it absorbs the waste products of a cat or dog potter's clay, potter's earthclay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling daubmaterial used to daub walls leaf mold, leaf mould, leaf soilsoil composed mainly of decaying leaves mire, slopdeep soft mud in water or slush earth, ground the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface 3n the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state American troops were stationed on Japanese soil Syn|Hyper territory geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth 4n the state of being covered with unclean things Syn|Hyper dirt, filth, grease, grime, grunge, stain dirtiness, uncleanness the state of being unsanitary 5v make soiled, filthy, or dirty don't soil your clothes when you play outside! Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime clean, make clean make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from clean, clean house, housecleanclean and tidy up the house cleanbe cleanable foul make unclean contaminate, foul, pollutemake impure smearstain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance slimecover or stain with slime muddy, muddy updirty with mud splashsoil or stain with a splashed liquid mire, muck, muck up, mudsoil with mud, muck, or mire crocksoil with or as with crock blemish, spotmar or impair with a flaw infect, taintcontaminate with a disease or microorganism moilmoisten or soil besmirch, smirchsmear so as to make dirty or stained alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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