loam

• n. 壤土；肥土（含有黏土、沙和有机物质的土地）；亚黏土
• vt. 用壤土填

来自古英语lam,污泥，泥沼，来自PIE*slei,黏，滑，词源同slime,slip,lime.引申词义肥沃土壤。

loam

loam: see lime

loam (n.)

Old English lam "clay, mud, mire, earth," from Proto-Germanic *laimaz (cognates: Old Saxon lemo, Dutch leem, German Lehm "loam"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)). As a type of highly fertile clayey soil, it is attested from 1660s. As a verb from c. 1600.

1. Plant the seeds in good loam.

把种子种在好的壤土里.

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2. One occupies relatively dry sandy loam soils.

一个则占据较干旱的沙壤土.

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3. The soil was brown soil in type and light loam in texture.

供试土类为褐土,质地为轻壤.

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4. Most of soil texture ranges from clay loam tO loam clay.

土壤质地多为重壤土至中粘土,呈强酸性反应.

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5. Loam is a mixture of sand, silt, and clay.

壤土是砂粒 、 粉粒和粘粒的混合物.

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