| 单词 | surface mould |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface mould (a) With reference to the surface of the earth or ground (sense 1b), as surface bed, surface earth, surface manuring, surface mould, surface peat, surface sod, surface soil, surface spring, surface wind, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > of two dimensions > relating to or involving two dimensions superficialc1450 areal1676 surface1676 super1768 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 14 This surface-Mould is the best, and sweetest, being enriched with all that the Air, Dews, Showers, and Celestial Influences can contribute to it. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 66 Take off the Surface-earth about an Inch or two deep. 1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland xii. 70 The greatest Rains seldom moisten the Earth deeper than the Surface-Soil. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 160 The surface sods should be carefully pared off. 1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. 582 Surface beds and deposits. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 105 We find surface-manuring best for the coffee-tree. 1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) ix. 125 The rainwater forms a superficial layer which gives rise to surface springs. 1989 A. Anderson Prodigious Birds 52 The moa skeletons were found in small clusters of individuals which Duff..thought might reflect load-bearing variations in the surface peat. 2003 Focus July 51/4 A tropical cyclone with maximum surface winds of less than 62km/h. < as lemmas |
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