| 单词 | virgin soil |
| 释义 | > as lemmas virgin soil virgin soil n. soil which has not hitherto been brought into cultivation, and retains all its natural power of producing vegetation. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > virgin soil virgin earth1652 virgin clay1709 virgin mould1813 virgin soil1828 natural1946 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Virgin,..fresh; new; unused; as virgin soil. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 106 The slave population..is killed off..on the virgin soils to which alone it is, in any degree, appropriate. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xi. 104 We shall impart a great variety of information to our little friend... Quite a virgin soil, I believe you said. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xix. 372 Virgin soil does not give such a heavy crop as an old garden. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxvi. 6 No event, no speech or article, ever falls upon a perfectly virgin soil. < as lemmas |
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