英语词汇“black bog”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

black bog n. now chiefly historical a bog of a deep brown to dark black colour, typically composed of heavy, compact material; land consisting of such a bog; frequently contrasted, esp. in Ireland, with red bog.

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1739 Dublin Society's Weekly Observ. 1 122 Black Bogs yield some Kind of Pasture, of a finer or a coarser Grass, according to the Nature of the Bog.

1772 H. Brooke Brief Ess. on Nature of Bogs 6 There is another kind of Bog called black Bog, and this is readily reformable, at small cost and trouble, into the most prolific of all sorts of Soil.

1814 4th Rep. Commissioners Bogs Ireland 127 in Parl. Papers 1813–14 (H.C. 131) VI. ii. 167 These bogs do not form one continuous mass of red bog, but are connected together by intervening tracts of black bog.

1864 Once a Week 18 June 706/2 In Ireland alone there are nearly a million and a half of acres of red and black bog, and a million and a quarter of mountain bog.

1900 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Dartmoor i. 7 Here may be found Cranmere Pool, which is now no pool at all, but just a small piece of bare black bog.

1996 J. Feehan & G. O'Donovan Bogs of Ireland ii. 39 There was a difference of opinion [in the 19th century] as to whether it was more remunerative to reclaim red or black bog.

单词	black bog
释义	> as lemmas black bog black bog n. now chiefly historical a bog of a deep brown to dark black colour, typically composed of heavy, compact material; land consisting of such a bog; frequently contrasted, esp. in Ireland, with red bog. ΚΠ 1739 Dublin Society's Weekly Observ. 1 122 Black Bogs yield some Kind of Pasture, of a finer or a coarser Grass, according to the Nature of the Bog. 1772 H. Brooke Brief Ess. on Nature of Bogs 6 There is another kind of Bog called black Bog, and this is readily reformable, at small cost and trouble, into the most prolific of all sorts of Soil. 1814 4th Rep. Commissioners Bogs Ireland 127 in Parl. Papers 1813–14 (H.C. 131) VI. ii. 167 These bogs do not form one continuous mass of red bog, but are connected together by intervening tracts of black bog. 1864 Once a Week 18 June 706/2 In Ireland alone there are nearly a million and a half of acres of red and black bog, and a million and a quarter of mountain bog. 1900 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Dartmoor i. 7 Here may be found Cranmere Pool, which is now no pool at all, but just a small piece of bare black bog. 1996 J. Feehan & G. O'Donovan Bogs of Ireland ii. 39 There was a difference of opinion [in the 19th century] as to whether it was more remunerative to reclaim red or black bog. extracted from blackadj.n. < as lemmas
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