gley

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
动词 v.
  1. To be converted into this kind of soil.
  2. To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. Scotland
    — “Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger

词形变化

gleys plural glei alternative gleys present,singular,third-person gleying participle,present gleyed participle,past gleyed past glei alternative gleys present,singular,third-person gleying participle,present gleyed participle,past gleyed past

词源

词源 1
1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Scotsbor.
English gley
Borrowed from Scots.
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