| 释义 |
soil1/sɔil/n. 1 the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, consisting of disintegrated rock usu. with an admixture of organic remains 土壤 alluvial soil 冲积土； rich soil 沃土 2 ground belonging to a nation; territory 国土；领土 on British soil 在英国国土上 □ soil-less adj.□ soily adj.[Middle English from Anglo-French, perhaps from Latin solium ‘seat’, by association with Latin solum ‘ground’] |