peat
noun /piːt/
/piːt/
[uncountable]- a soft black or brown substance formed from old or dying plants just under the surface of the ground, especially in cool wet areas. It is burned as a fuel or used to improve garden soil.
泥煤；泥炭 - peat bogs
泥炭沼 - peat extraction
泥炭开采 - a peat fire (= one in which cut pieces of peat are burned)
泥煤火。
Topics Gardensc2- Dig some peat into the soil before planting.
种植前把一些泥炭掺到土壤里。 - We'll need a couple of bags of peat for potting the seedlings.
我们需要几袋泥炭来盆栽幼苗。
Collocations DictionaryPeat is used before these nouns:- bog
词源Middle English: from Anglo-Latin peta, perhaps of Celtic origin. - peat bogs