| 释义 |
sod
I. \ˈsäd\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English sod, sodde, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sode; akin to Old Frisian sātha sod
1.
a. : the upper stratum of the soil that is filled with the roots of grass or other herbs : turf, sward
b. : a piece or section of such sod (as for grassing a lawn)
2.
a. : the grass-covered surface of the ground
< hired nesters to break sod for 50 cents an acre — F.B.Gipson >
< clambered on to the wet-soaked sod of land — Michael McLaverty >
b. : country 2a — usually used in the phrase old sod
< would take a trip to the old sod — J.T.Farrell >
II. transitive verb
(sodded ; sodded ; sodding ; sods)
: to cover with sod
< many gullies on the ridge have been sodded with grass — American Guide Series: Arkansas >
< sodded earthen bunkers capped three walls — B.A.Roth >
III. adjective
archaic, of food : boiled or prepared by boiling; sometimes : soggy, unpalatable
IV.
Etymology: Middle English soden (past plural), from Old English sudon
archaic
past of seethe
V. \ˈsäd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for sodomite
chiefly Britain : bugger
< you bleary-eyed murderous sod — Ernest Hemingway >
< picture palace for the silly sods to go and get rid of the rest of their minds in — Richard Llewellyn >
VI. abbreviation
sodium
VII. transitive verb
(sodded ; sodded ; sodding ; sods)
Etymology: from sod (V)
chiefly Britain : damn 5 |