| 词汇 | lime |
| 释义 | lime noun uk /laɪm/ us /laɪm/ limenoun (FRUIT)[ C or U ] a round fruit containing a lot of juice that is sour like a lemon but smaller and green, or the small tree on which this fruit grows酸橙;酸橙树 Souders Studios/Photolibrary/GettyImages Types of fruit ackee alligator pear alpine strawberry amla açaí cloudberry coconut cooker cooking apple copra litchi loganberry longan loquat lychee Red Delicious redcurrant rockmelon rose hip salmonberry limenoun (TREE)[ C ](alsolime tree); (US usuallylinden) a large tree with leaves shaped like a heart and pale yellow flowers欧椴树 filmfoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Deciduous trees acacia acer ailanthus alder almond fringe tree ginkgo hawthorn honey locust hornbeam pussy willow quaking aspen red maple red oak rowan vine maple wayfaring tree weeping willow white ash white birch limenoun (CHEMICAL)[ U ](alsoquicklime) a white substance that is used especially to spread on the land to improve the quality of earth so that crops grow better石灰 RHJ/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images /GettyImages [ U ](alsolimescale, scale) white material that collects inside water pipes, kettles, etc. in areas where the water is hard (= contains a lot of natural chemicals)水垢 Igor Nikushin/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Soil alluvial boulder clay clay clayey cover crop earthiness frozen loam mud ooze peat moss sandy sedimentation silt soil solarization solarize topsoil unploughed worm cast You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Coverings and layers lime verb[ T ] uk /laɪm/ us /laɪm/ to spread the substance lime on a piece of land撒石灰于 Improving fertility & pest control agrochemical anti-pesticide antifungal bonemeal coir fertilization fertilizer Frankenfood frass fructify manure mulch over-fertilization over-fertilize paraquat solarize unfertilized unirrigated vermicompost weedkiller lime | American Dictionarylime noun us/lɑɪm/ limenoun (FRUIT)[ C/U ] a green, oval fruit whose juice has a sour taste limenoun (CHEMICAL)[ U ] a white powdery substance used in building materials and to improve earth for crops Examples of limelime On two pepper farms, the wilt disease infection was located on a few subplots only and had no correlation with liming treatments. Residents reported that the area was limed after sludging. Decomposition rates and feeding activities in deciduous forests in relation to soil chemical parameters after liming and fertilisation. The surface freezes what it displays, limes it, and falsifies it by making it conform to the stereotyped norms of reception and reproduction which transform it into a cliché. Near some crofts however some areas have been improved by liming and surface seeding and elsewhere grazing, drainage and muirburn have altered the natural vegetation cover. However, by far the most common form of maintenance was the replacement of existing laths of wood and the 'daubing, breding and liming' of the walls. Other investments that improved the quality of the soil included paring and burning and the application of lime. Fixed investment such as in liming or buildings was usually financed by landlords, although tenants had to provide the labour. Cement as an alternative to coral sand for liming acid soils. Eects of liming on yields and composition of heavily fertilised grasses and on soil properties under humid tropical conditions. Higher rates of liming caused greater reductions in exchangeable acidity (p 5 0.05). Tillage and liming effects on crop and labile soil nitrogen in an acid soil. At liming rates higher than 5 t ha71, other factors begin to limit pepper production and the wilt disease may have been one of those factors. We are all agreed about the need for liming from the point of view of soil fertility and putting bone into cattle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even then they have to be limed adequately. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of lime These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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