geophagism
基本解释
- n.食土的习俗；食土癖
英汉例句
- To get rid of livestock's disease of paralysis, cartilage and also can prevent pig and chicken's geophagy.
防避畜禽软骨症、瘫痪症、以及防止猪、鸡的异食癖症; - It may also explain why geophagy is often most common among pregnant women and nursing mothers.
这也或可解释吃土习惯为何在孕妇和哺乳的母亲身上通常最为常见。 - Unfortunately, geophagy is also practiced to avoid hunger pains when other food is scarce.
遗憾的是，一旦其他食物缺乏，人们也吃土以避免挨饿之苦。 - Geophagy also has a long history in the U.S., where some eat clay and ship packages of it to relatives far from home.
吃土的做法在美国也历史悠久，有些人会吃土，还寄一包包泥土给客居他乡的亲人。 - Yet, geophagy is actually relatively common practice in many parts of the world.
对，食土辟实际上在世界各地相对来讲是较为普遍的。