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soil EARTHsCIlnthe material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow; earth土壤，泥土light/heavy/strong/fertile soil [U]轻度/高度/极其肥沃的土壤sandy or chalky soils [C]沙质土壤或白垩质土壤soil-borne diseases土壤传播的疾病 (fml or literary)The soil sometimes means the activity of farming.耕作，务农The government is trying to encourage a return to the soil. [U]政府正在鼓励人们回到耕作上来。(fml) Soil is sometimes a country.国家，国土It was the first time we had set foot on foreign/French/American soil (= gone to a foreign country/France/America). [U]那是我们第一次踏上外国/法国/美国的国土。She didn't want to leave her native soil (= the country where she was born). [U]她不想离开她的祖国。Soil science is the scientific study of soils.土壤学
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