loam
noun /ləʊm/
/ləʊm/
[uncountable] (specialist)- good quality soil containing sand, clay and decayed vegetable matter
壤土；肥土；沃土 - A moist loam is ideal for growing currant bushes.
潮湿的壤土非常适合种植醋栗灌木。 - Mix equal parts of clay and loam.
混合等量的粘土和壤土。
Collocations DictionaryLoam is used before these nouns:- soil
词源Old English lām ‘clay’, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch leem and German Lehm, also to lime, the substance. - A moist loam is ideal for growing currant bushes.