peat

名词 peat:

1. partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried

1. A piece of peat that is burned for use as fuel.
   泥炭作为燃料燃烧的一块泥炭
2. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate.
   沼泽地区任一种其它的湿地，有泥炭底面，如沼泽
3. A broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained, with patches of heath and peat bogs.
   沼泽一片大面积的开阔地，通常很高但排水不好，有成片的荒野和泥炭田
4. Root the cuttings in peat.
   把插枝扦插泥炭中。

peat

n.（名词）
Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel.
泥炭，泥煤：部分碳化的植物物质，通常指苔藓，见于潮湿地区，用作肥料和燃料

来源：
Middle English pete
中古英语 pete
perhaps from Medieval Latin peta
可能源自 中世纪拉丁语 peta

【引伸】
peat.y
adj.（形容词）