marl

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++marl /mɑːl $ mɑːrl/ noun [uncountable]  1. soil consisting of lime and clay 泥灰（岩）2  cloth which has pale threads running through another colour 〔不同颜色的线纺成的〕杂色纱线 a jacket available in black or grey marl 有黑底或灰底交织的上装

Examples from the Corpus

marl• Higher slopes reveal widening seams of calcareous marl, sand and thin seams of marl, sandy-lignites and clayey-lignites.• The projecting porch with its embattled parapet is rendered with local marl and is a late sixteenth-century addition.• In addition, on some manors, the liberal application of marl made possible an extension of the area under wheat.

marl nounChinese  

of clay soil consisting Corpus and lime

marl
marl /mɑːl $ mɑːrl/ noun [uncountable]
1. soil consisting of lime and clay
2. cloth which has pale threads running through another colour:
    a jacket available in black or grey marl

marlBrE /mɑːl/ 🔊NAmE /mɑːrl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] soil consisting of clay and lime (1) 泥灰岩；泥灰 [uncountable] a type of cloth with threads in it that are not of an even colour 夹花纱线织物◆blue marl leggings蓝底夹花纱线绑腿