pluff mud

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of dark, sticky, and smelly mud associated with salt marshes. uncountable
    — There is a black mud, which is found in the marshes and other places in Charleston harbour. It is called "pluff mud", and when dry it resembles this shale more nearly than any substance I have seen.

词形变化

plough mud alternative pluff-mud alternative

词源

From plough + mud, referring to the mud's fertilising properties. The prevailing form reflects an extinct dialectal pronunciation of plough as /plʌf/.
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