loam

• n. 壤土；肥土（含有黏土、沙和有機物質的土地）；亞黏土
• vt. 用壤土填

來自古英語lam,汙泥，泥沼，來自PIE*slei,黏，滑，詞源同slime,slip,lime.引申詞義肥沃土壤。

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.

把種子種在好的壤土裏.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. One occupies relatively dry sandy loam soils.

一個則占據較幹旱的沙壤土.

來自辭典例句

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

供試土類為褐土,質地為輕壤.

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

土壤質地多為重壤土至中粘土,呈強酸性反應.

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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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