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单词 lime
释义
lime
noun
uk
/laɪm/us
/laɪm/

limenoun(FRUIT)

[CorU]
a roundfruitcontaininga lot ofjuicethat issourlike alemonbutsmallerandgreen, or thesmalltreeon which thisfruitgrows
酸橙；酸橙树
picture of lime
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Types of fruit
  • ackee
  • alligator pear
  • amla
  • angelica
  • açaí
  • cooker
  • cooking apple
  • copra
  • crab apple
  • cranberry
  • kumquat
  • lingonberry
  • litchi
  • loganberry
  • longan
  • pomelo
  • prickly pear
  • prune
  • pumpkin
  • quince
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limenoun(TREE)

[C]
(alsolime tree);(USusuallylinden)
alargetreewithleavesshapedlike aheartandpaleyellowflowers
欧椴树
picture of lime
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deciduous trees
  • acacia
  • acer
  • alder
  • almond
  • aspen
  • beech
  • chestnut
  • crape myrtle
  • ficus
  • ginkgo
  • hawthorn
  • hickory
  • horse chestnut
  • mulga
  • rowan
  • rubber tree
  • sakura
  • silver birch
  • spotted gum
  • teak
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limenoun(CHEMICAL)

[U]
(alsoquicklime)
awhitesubstancethat is usedespeciallytospreadon thelandtoimprovethequalityofearthso thatcropsgrowbetter
石灰
picture of lime
RHJ/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images /GettyImages
[U]
(alsolimescale, scale)
whitematerialthatcollectsinsidewaterpipes,kettles, etc. inareaswhere thewaterishard(=containsa lot ofnaturalchemicals)
水垢
picture of lime
Igor Nikushin/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Soil
  • aerator
  • alluvial
  • boulder clay
  • clay
  • clayey
  • dirt
  • earthiness
  • earthy
  • frozen
  • gravelly
  • humus
  • loamy
  • loess
  • ore
  • peat
  • peaty
  • sandy
  • sediment
  • sludge
  • subsoil
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Coverings and layers
lime
verb[T]
uk
/laɪm/us
/laɪm/
tospreadthesubstancelime on apieceofland
撒石灰于
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Improving fertility & pest control
  • agrochemical
  • ammonium sulphate
  • anti-pesticide
  • bonemeal
  • coir
  • compost
  • fertilize
  • Frankenfood
  • fructify
  • fungicide
  • herbicide
  • improver
  • irrigate
  • over-fertilize
  • paraquat
  • pesticide
  • potash
  • rotate
  • vermicompost
  • weedkiller
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(Definition oflimefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lime| American Dictionary

lime
noun
us
/lɑɪm/

limenoun(FRUIT)

[C/U]
agreen,ovalfruitwhosejuicehas asourtaste

limenoun(CHEMICAL)

[U]
awhitepowderysubstanceused inbuildingmaterialsand toimproveearthforcrops
(Definition oflimefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflime

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On two pepper farms, the wilt disease infection was located on a few subplots only and had no correlation with liming treatments.
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Residents reported that the area was limed after sludging.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Decomposition rates and feeding activities in deciduous forests in relation to soil chemical parameters after liming and fertilisation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Other investments that improved the quality of the soil included paring and burning and the application oflime.
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Fixed investment such as in liming or buildings was usually financed by landlords, although tenants had to provide the labour.
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Cement as an alternative to coral sand for liming acid soils.
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Eects of liming on yields and composition of heavily fertilised grasses and on soil properties under humid tropical conditions.
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Higher rates of liming caused greater reductions in exchangeable acidity (p 5 0.05).
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Tillage and liming effects on crop and labile soil nitrogen in an acid soil.
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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.
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We are all agreed about the need for liming from the point of view of soil fertility and putting bone into cattle.
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Even then they have to be limed adequately.
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