Peat

[piːt] or [pit]

解释:

(noun.) partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried.

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解释:

(n.) A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

(n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel.

整理:辛克莱

解释:

n. decayed vegetable matter like turf cut out of boggy places and when dried used for fuel.—ns. Peat′-bog a district covered with peat: a place from which peat is dug—also Peat′-bed Peat′-moor Peat′-moss; Peat′-hag a ditch whence peat has been dug; Peat′-reek the smoke of peat supposed to add a delicate flavour to whisky; Peat′-spade a spade having a side wing at right angles for cutting peat in rectangular blocks.—adj. Peat′y like peat: abounding in or composed of peat.

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