[mass noun]a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus 肥土 ■(Geology)a soil with roughly equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay (地质)(沙、盐、陶含量基本相同的)壤土 ■a paste of clay and water with sand, chopped straw, etc., used in making bricks and plastering walls (陶,水,沙和碎草混合成的)烂砂(造砖、墙用)
派生 loaminess noun loamy ( ) adjective 语源
Old English lām 'clay', of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch leem and German Lehm, also to lime