marl

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mɑːl/    美 /mɑɹl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. countable,uncountable
    — Marle is indeed, as it is in name, the fat or (marrovv) of the earth: […] it is therfore a fat, oyly and vnctious ground, lying in the belly of the earth, vvhich is of vvarme and moiſt temperature, and ſo moſt fertill, ſeeing that heat and moyſture be the father and mother of generation and grovvth; […] Foure ſorts of Marle be found in this VVeald, knovvne aſunder by the difference of colours, and thereby alſo differing in degrees of goodneſſe one from the other: […]
  2. A species of bandicoot, Perameles myosurus, of southern Western Australia. Australia
动词 v.
  1. To cover (the ground) with marl (noun sense). transitive
    — [I]n this ſhort time vve haue ſeene many arable grounds, vvhich for ſundry yeeres after the marling of them, haue plentifully borne VVheat and other Graine, to be novv become vnfruitfull, and ſo vvill they continue, albeit they ſhould novv [be] marled againe. And this commeth to paſſe by the ignorance of the right manner of ordering the Marle, […]
  2. To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

词形变化

marls plural marle alternative marls present,singular,third-person marling participle,present marled participle,past marled past marls present,singular,third-person marling participle,present marled participle,past marled past marls plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English marle, from Old French marle, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of marga (“marl”). Doublet of marla.
词源 2
Borrowed from Nyunga maarl.
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