单词 | red soil |
释义 | > as lemmasred soil red soil n. any of various leached soils of the tropics and subtropics, coloured red by iron compounds; cf. sense A. 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > red or leached soil red eartheOE red landc1250 minium1613 Armenian bole1621 red loam1707 red soil1817 terra rossa1882 1817 W. Maclure Observ. Geol. U.S.A. iv. 108 Westward of the red soil, the soil is thin as long as the Blue Ridge is the boundary. 1932 G. W. Robinson Soils xvi. 323 The red soils which occupy most of southern India outside the black cotton area..are probably similar to the red loams and red earths of East Africa. 1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 12 June 25/2 All around is flat red-soil plain as far as the eye can see, not even a bit of turkey bush to break the monotony. 1999 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 9 Dec. 35/3 (advt.) Land, Plots for Sale... Banana ½ acre plot red soil near tarmac 1.5m. < as lemmas |
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