leach
verb[T]
environmentspecializeduk/liːtʃ/us/liːtʃ/[IorT]
When achemicalsubstanceleaches or is leached from amaterial,especiallysoil, it isremovedby theactionofwaterpassingthrough thematerial:
漂洗,过滤(尤指土壤)Thecalcium,potassium, andmagnesiumionsare leached orwashedout of thetopsoilintolowerinaccessiblesubsoil.钙、钾和镁离子被滤出表层土壤流入低层土壤却无法被吸收。
[T]
Whensoil, etc. has been leached, it has hadchemicalsubstancesremovedfrom it:
(指土壤等)被漂洗,被过滤Thesoilhas been soheavilyleached throughintensivefarmingthat it is nolongerfertile.过度耕作使养分大量流失导致土地贫瘠。
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- eradication
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- fling
- scrape
- shedding
- shoo
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- sling
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