| 单词 | leach |
| 释义 | leach (once / 3558 pages) vn When minerals or other materials are pulled out of some substance by a liquid, you can say that they leach from it. A flood can leach important nutrients out of a farmer's field. In agriculture, when farmers allow cattle to graze too much in one spot, or don't rotate their crops from field to field over the years, they risk having a heavy rain leach nutrients from the soil. Sometimes farmers will use water to deliberately leach unwanted materials, like salt, from a field. The verb leach has an Old English root word, leccan, or "to moisten, water, wet, or irrigate." WORD FAMILYleach: leached, leaches, leaching+/leaching: leachings USAGE EXAMPLESBrian Leach of the Golf Center store says he’s encouraged by each signature. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Leach said Monday that he believed Falk would return for his senior season. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) After the game, Wazzu coach Mike Leach was asked about he how felt about his season. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1v cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 2v remove substances from by a percolating liquid leach the soil Syn|Hyper strip remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 3v permeate or penetrate gradually the fertilizer leached into the ground Syn|Hyper percolate dribble, filter, trickle run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream 4n the process of leaching Syn|Hyper leaching action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
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