a soft black or brown substance formed from old or dying plants just under the surface of the ground, especially in cool wet areas. It is burned as a fuel or used to improve garden soil. 泥煤;泥炭 peat bogs 泥炭沼 peat extraction 泥炭开采 a peat fire (= one in which cut pieces of peat are burned) 泥煤火。
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensc2Dig some peat into the soil before planting. 种植前把一些泥炭掺到土壤里。 We'll need a couple of bags of peat for potting the seedlings. 我们需要几袋泥炭来盆栽幼苗。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPeat is used before these nouns:- bog
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Latin peta, perhaps of Celtic origin.