loam

n. 壤土 vt. 用土填

发音

UK /ləʊm/
US /loʊm/
US /lum/
US /lʊm/

词形变化

loams 复数 loams loamed loaming loams 三单 loaming 现在分词 loamed 过去式 loamed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

    壤土

    沃土

    亚砂土

    垆坶

    可数 不可数 地质
  2. 2.

    A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

    可数 不可数 艺术 工程
v.
  1. 1.

    To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Made of loam; consisting of loam.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

dirt soil

下位词 1

regur

相关短语

Yeak Loam Yeak Laom

词源

From Middle English lome, lame, lam, from Old English lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.

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