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

peat¹ /pēt/

noun

A shaped block dug from a bog and dried or to be dried for fuel

The generally brown or nearly black altered vegetable matter (chiefly bog moss) found in bogs, from which such blocks are cut

ORIGIN: From the 13c in SE Scotland in Anglo-L as peta a peat; poss of British origin; cf piece

peatˈary, peatˈery or pētˈary noun same as peat bank below

peatˈy adjective

Like, of the nature of, abounding in, or composed of peat

Smoky in flavour, like whiskies distilled using water from areas rich in peat, or in the production of which peat has been used as a fuel

peat bank, peat bed, peat bog, peatˈland, peat moor or peat moss noun

peatˈ-caster noun

A person who digs peats and throws them on the bank to dry

peatˈ-casting noun

peatˈ-creel noun

A basket for carrying peats

peatˈ-hag or peatˈ-hagg noun

A hag in a peat bog (see hag²)

peatˈ-hole noun

peatˈman noun

A carter or seller of peats

peatˈ-reekˈ noun

peatˈ-reekˈer noun

An ornamental apparatus for producing the smell of peat-smoke

peatˈ-smokeˈ noun

peatˈ-spade noun

A spade having a side wing at right angles for cutting peat in rectangular blocks

peatˈ-stackˈ noun

A stack of peats, drying or stored

peat1 /pēt/