vadose

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of the earth which is located above the level of the permanent groundwater. not-comparable
    — The seep lay high up among the ledges, vadose water dripping down the slick black rock and monkeyflower and deathcamas hanging in a small perilous garden. The water that reached the canyon floor was no more than a trickle and they leaned by turns with pursed lips to the stone like devouts at a shrine.

词源

Etymology tree
Latin vadum
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Latin vadosusbor.
English vadose
Borrowed from Latin vadosus.
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