Old English lam "clay, mud, mire, earth," from Proto-Germanic *laimaz (cognates: Old Saxon lemo, Dutch leem, German Lehm "loam"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)). As a type of highly fertile clayey soil, it is attested from 1660s. As a verb from c. 1600.
实用例句
1. Plant the seeds in good loam.
把种子种在好的壤土里.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. One occupies relatively dry sandy loam soils.
一个则占据较干旱的沙壤土.来自辞典例句
3. The soil was brown soil in type and light loam in texture.
供试土类为褐土,质地为轻壤.来自互联网
4. Most of soil texture ranges from clay loam tO loam clay.
