Shale
[ʃeɪl] or [ʃel]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
錄入:凯文--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
(n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
(v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.
校對:菲利斯
解釋/意思:
n. a shell or husk.
n. clay or argillaceous material splitting readily into thin lamin?—adj. Shā′ly.
手打:马吉
例句/造句/用法:
- The best kind of gas made from mineral substances is produced by the distillation of a bituminous shale, called Boghead coal, which was discovered a few years since in Scotland. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The shop was built on a shale hill, and when the engine was started the whole hill shook with the high speed revolutions. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
校對:齐利格