peat

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peat /piːt/ noun  [uncountable]TPHBP a black substance formed from decaying plants under the surface of the ground in some areas, which can be burned as a fuel, or mixed with soil to help plants grow well 泥炭，泥煤 —peaty adjective a rich, peaty soil 肥沃的泥炭土

Examples from the Corpus

peat• Nobody was hurt but the thatched roof, and a quantity of hay and peat were destroyed.• White bodies against the black peat.• Much of this is threatened, principally by peat extraction for use as compost in gardening and horticulture.• He has switched to growing them in coconut peat, however, and early results look promising, he says.• That was a time for peat fires and firelit talk, with the wind a symphony to set stories to.• Keep peat pellets or pots moist at all times while the seedlings are growing under lights.• But it was no better outside: midges boiled in clouds out of the sodden peat around the saw-bed and the timber stacks.• The one piece upper has kept my feet dry even when walking through peat bogs.Origin peat (1300-1400) Medieval Latin peta, probably from a Celtic language

peat nounChinese  

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peat
peat /piːt/ noun [uncountable] a black substance formed from decaying plants under the surface of the ground in some areas, which can be burned as a fuel, or mixed with soil to help plants grow well
—peaty adjective:
    a rich, peaty soil

peatBrE /piːt/ 🔊NAmE /piːt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a soft black or brown substance formed from decaying plants just under the surface of the ground, especially in cool wet areas. It is burned as a fuel or used to improve garden soil. 泥煤；泥炭◆peat bogs泥炭沼▸ peaty BrE /ˈpiːti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpiːti/ 🔊 adjective◆peaty soils泥炭土