名詞 peat:

1. partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried

1. A piece of peat that is burned for use as fuel.
   泥炭作為燃料燃燒的一塊泥炭
2. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate.
   沼澤地區(qū)任一種其它的濕地，有泥炭底面，如沼澤
3. A broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained, with patches of heath and peat bogs.
   沼澤一片大面積的開闊地，通常很高但排水不好，有成片的荒野和泥炭田
4. Root the cuttings in peat.
   把插枝扦插泥炭中。

peat

n.（名詞）
Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel.
泥炭，泥煤：部分碳化的植物物質(zhì)，通常指苔蘚，見于潮濕地區(qū)，用作肥料和燃料

來源：
Middle English pete
中古英語 pete
perhaps from Medieval Latin peta
可能源自 中世紀拉丁語 peta

【引伸】
peat.y
adj.（形容詞）