释义 |
brick-earth|ˈbrɪkˈɜːθ| [f. brick n. + earth.] Earth or clay suitable for making bricks; in Geol. a clayey brownish earth lying below the surface soil in the London basin.
1667Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 24 We went to search for brick-earth. 1768Tucker Lt. Nat. II. 75 Timber, stone, lime, and brick-earth for our habitation. 1878Huxley Physiogr. xvii. 280 In many places round London the sheet of gravel is overlaid by a thin deposit of brownish loam represented on the map as brick-earth since it is largely worked by brickmakers. |