peat

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n. 泥煤, 泥炭色 [化] 泥炭

发音

UK /piːt/
US /piːt/

词形变化

peats 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.

    泥炭

    泥煤

    可数 不可数
  2. 1.

    A pet, a darling; a woman.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

humate

相关短语

peat moss n. 泥煤苔（泥煤的主成分） peat pot un. 泥炭腐殖质营养钵 peat pots peat mosses peat bog 泥炭沼 peat bogs (peat-bog 的复数) 泥炭沼 peat spade peat spades peat smoke peat swamp peat swamps peat-smoke milled peat coco peat

词源

Inherited from Northern Middle English pete (recorded in Latin text as peta), of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”); if so, it would be a doublet of piece.

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