geophagy

geophagy

美 [d?i'?f?d??] 　英 [d?i:'?f?d??]

• n.食土癖
• 網絡食土的習俗；吃泥土；食蟲癖

英漢解釋

n.

1. 食土,食土癖

英英解釋

n.	1. the eating of soil, clay, or chalk

例句

It may also explain why geophagy is often most common among pregnant women and nursing mothers.

這也或可解釋吃土習慣為何在孕婦和哺乳的母親身上通常最為常見。

The fact that the eating of soil is also widespread in the animal kingdom suggests that geophagy may even be a natural process.

吃土在動物界也相當普遍，顯示吃土甚至可能是種自然現象。

Yet, geophagy is actually a relatively common practice in many parts of the world.

然而，在世界上許多地方，吃泥土其實是一種相當普遍的做法。

To get rid of livestock 's disease of paralysis , cartilage and also can prevent pig and chicken's geophagy .

防避畜禽軟骨癥、癱瘓癥、以及防止豬、雞的異食癖癥；

Unfortunately, geophagy is also practiced to avoid hunger pains when other food is scarce.

遺憾的是，當其他食物缺乏時，食土辟人士為了避免饑餓之痛苦就習慣于食土的陋習。