Volcanic
[vɒl'kænɪk] or [vɑl'kænɪk]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt; 'volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian' .
(adj.) explosively unstable; 'a volcanic temper' .
(adj.) relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes; 'volcanic steam'; 'volcanic islands such as Iceland'; 'a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions' .
手打:苏珊--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
(a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
(a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
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例句/造句/用法:
- We have felt the fierce play of volcanic effort, lifting new continents of opportunity from the infertile sea, without any devastation of pre-existing fields of human toil and harvest. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Oh, you mean that the island is volcanic! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- They are found in volcanic regions and are supposed to be due to the action of hot water, which carried off the organic material and deposited dissolved silica in its place. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- She is impetuous--volcanic, I was about to say. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- All the more reason that the volcanic action will extend to Melnos. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Still, you see the Hellenes must have known this was a volcanic island, and, perhaps, put up this temple to the god of fire in memory of an eruption. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- In reference to the last (volcanic ash combined with lime and r ubble to form a cement) Vitruvius writes in a way that indicates a discriminating knowledge of geological formations. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The land of those days, upheaved by violent volcanic forces, was a barren land, without vegetation, without soil. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It rested on volcanic rocks and was itself covered with basalt, that is, lava which had crystallized under the sea. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Besides, Georgois tells me there is an eruption at Santorin, so with that vent for the volcanic forces we are quite safe. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Contreras is situated on the side of a mountain, near its base, where volcanic rocks are piled in great confusion, reaching nearly to San Antonio. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The islands being wholly of volcanic origin, the soil is necessarily very rich. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It is the volcanic character of Melnos that makes it so warm and fertile. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It was modelled on that of Athens,—a large semicircle hewn out of the volcanic rock, with seats of the red limestone so frequent in Melnos. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- At sixty, I worshipped her with the volcanic ardour of eighteen. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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