| 单词 | black earth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack earth black earth n. †(a) a type of black pitch; = bitumen n. 1; (obsolete. rare) (b) soil or earth that is black; a rich, dark soil, spec. = chernozem n.; frequently attributive, designating regions characterized by such soils, esp. in Russia and in the southern United States (cf. black belt n. 2); cf. black soil n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > organic soil > humus > chernozem black soil1700 black earth1799 chernozem1842 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > organic soil > humus > chernozem > belt of black earth1799 black belt1870 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 613 Annoint his body..with Brimstone, and soft Idean Pitch, with wax, Hellibur, black-earth, or the flesh of shrimps. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 113 Thin Vessels made of black earth, the which are pierced in the neck. 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. i. ii. 72 On the Oby near Barnaul, the black earth does not indeed go very deep. 1842 Proc. Geol. Soc. 3 712 (title) On the Tchornoi Zem, or Black Earth of Central Russia. 1861 Rep. H.M. Secretaries No. 4 250 in Acts & Papers XXX (Parl. Papers LXIII) The ‘black-earth’ region, where the ‘obrok’ system prevails only as the exception. 1905 Athenæum 5 Aug. 175/1 The black-earth country of the south. 1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vii. 198 The black-earth belt of Russia. 2000 Gardening Life Summer 22/2 Triple Mix... Three ingredients: compost (or composted manure), sphagnum peat moss and loam (or black earth). 2001 Independent 20 Mar. i. 15/2 The fertile Black Earth regions of the south also have a bad reputation for muddiness. < as lemmas |
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