outcrop 英 ['aʊtkrɒp]  

outcrop

outcrop  英 ['aʊtkrɒp]

n. 露头;露出地面的岩层  vi. 露出 

进行时:outcropping  过去式:outcropped  过去分词:outcropped  第三人称单数:outcrops  名词复数:outcrops 

David Walker, head of the Nottingham Caves Survey, surveys the base of Castle Rock, a large sandstone outcrop in the heart of the city. 大卫·沃克是诺丁汉洞穴勘测组的组长,他负责勘测石头城堡的地基,这是一块位于城市中心的巨型砂岩露头。
It turned out to be a miserably wet day, so we showed him only one outcrop, and he pointed out that the rocks were rounded and thus unlikely to be landslide debris. 那天极度潮湿,因此我们只给他看了露出来的一块,他说这些岩石都被磨圆了,不象是滑坡碎片。

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  • n. 露头;露出地面的岩层
  • vi. 露出
  • 1. David Walker, head of the Nottingham Caves Survey, surveys the base of Castle Rock, a large sandstone outcrop in the heart of the city.

    大卫·沃克是诺丁汉洞穴勘测组的组长,他负责勘测石头城堡的地基,这是一块位于城市中心的巨型砂岩露头。

  • 2. It turned out to be a miserably wet day, so we showed him only one outcrop, and he pointed out that the rocks were rounded and thus unlikely to be landslide debris.

    那天极度潮湿,因此我们只给他看了露出来的一块,他说这些岩石都被磨圆了,不象是滑坡碎片。

  • 3. In the clear blue waters of the Maldives I once found myself ignoring a pair of giant manta rays just five metres from where I was kneeling on the sand staring at a coral outcrop.

    有一次,在清澈湛蓝的马尔代夫水域,我发现自己忽视了仅五米远处两条露出地面的巨型蝠鲼,当时我正跪在沙滩上观察着一个珊瑚。

  • outcrop (n.) 1805, in geology, "exposure of rocks at the surface," from out + crop (n.) in its sense of "sprout, head."
out·crop / ˈaʊtkrɒp ; NAmE ˈaʊtkrɑːp / noun a large mass of rock that stands above the surface of the ground (岩石)露出地面的部份;露头 outcrop outcrops outcropped outcropping out·crop / ˈaʊtkrɒp ; NAmE ˈaʊtkrɑːp /
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