soil
n. 泥土; 土地,国土; 滋生地,温床; 粪尿,肥料
vt. 弄脏,污辱; 给…上粪(施肥); 被弄脏,变脏; 用青草饲料喂养(牲口)
vi. 变脏、受污染或玷污的; 变脏
Soil is the substance on the surface of the earth in which plants grow.
We have the most fertile soil in Europe.
我们拥有欧洲最肥沃的土地。
...regions with sandy soils.
沙土地区
You can use soil in expressions like British soil to refer to a country's territory.
The issue of foreign troops on Turkish soil is a sensitive one.
在土耳其领土上驻扎外国军队这个问题非常敏感。
If you soil something, you make it dirty.
Young people don't want to do things that soil their hands...
年轻人不愿做那些容易弄脏手的事情。
He raised his eyes slightly as though her words might somehow soil him.
他略略地抬了抬眼皮,仿佛她的话会不小心玷污了他。
1. the state of being covered with unclean things
2. the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
3. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);
4. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state;
1. make soiled, filthy, or dirty;
earth, clay, dirt, land, dust, soil, mud, ground
这些名词都有"土地,土,泥"之意。
A green manure is a crop grown mainly to improve soil fertility.
种植绿肥作物主要是为使土壤更加肥沃.
The soil moisture in the fields was evaporated.
田里的水分散失了.
In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
一片一片的绿色草地开始在那烧焦了的土地上出现了,取代了在那里生长数个世纪的树木.
After the harvest, the peasants began to prepare the soil for seed.
收割后, 农民就开始整地以便播种.
After the hot dry summer, the soil is cracking up.
燥热的夏天过后, 土地在龟裂.