中英互译
peat
英 /piːt/美 /piːt/
基本释义
- n.泥煤;泥炭块;泥炭色
- n.(Peat)人名;(英)皮特
复数peats
GMAT
双语例句
- The Scottish Highlands were once the site of extensive forests, but these forests have mostly disappeared and been replaced by peat bogs.苏格兰高地曾经是大片森林的所在地,但这些森林大部分已经消失,取而代之的是泥炭沼泽。
- A piece of impassable bog with yield of liquid peat.一个不可逾越的泥沼区。
- As elsewhere in Indonesia, peat in Riau is disappearing.像印尼其它地区一样,廖内省的泥炭土也在逐渐消失。
相关短语
同根词
adj.
peaty多泥煤的;泥煤似的
词义分布
泥炭
82.1%
泥煤
8.5%
草炭
7.7%
泥炭色
1.7%
英英释义
- n.partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
词源
- peat泥煤,泥炭词源不详。可能来自凯尔特语*pett,小块,小量,词源同piece,patch.后引申词义小块泥土,泥煤,泥炭等。