They called it terra preta, or black earth.

他们称之为 terra preta，即黑土。

What made the grass come up so green out of the black earth?

什么使得小草从黑色的土壤里长出来却长得这么绿油油呢？

As if anything mattered, with little Kathleen lying out there white and still under the black earth!

好像有什么要紧事，小凯瑟琳躺在那里，身穿白衣，安静地躺在黑色的土地下！

Jones explains as he runs his hand through the dark black earth beside a tree.

琼斯解释说，他的手穿过一棵树旁的深黑色土地。

A single gas-burner was alight-the shadows of the low ceiling fell in large masses, like black earth from a ditch.

一个煤气炉点着——低矮的天花板的阴影大片地落下，就像沟里的黑土。

'Ah, you type of the choice element in drama, ' he exclaimed, 'you primeval force of the black earth, cornerstone of the social fabric! '

“啊，你是戏剧中的选择元素，”他惊呼道，“你是黑土的原始力量，社会结构的基石！”

There had once been a flowerbed in it, and she thought she saw something sticking out of the black earth—some sharp little pale green points.

里面曾经有一个花坛，她觉得她看到黑色的土地上有什么东西伸出来——一些尖锐的浅绿色小点。

For here were no long, straight furrows, such as could be seen in the yellow clay fields of the flat middle Georgia country or in the lush black earth of the coastal plantations.

因为这里没有像佐治亚中部的黄土地或海滨种植场滋润的黑土地那样的长长的笔直的犁沟。