tectonic
tectonic 英 [tek'tɒnɪk] 美 [tɛk'tɑnɪk]
adj. [地质] 构造的；建筑的；地壳构造上的
名词复数:tectonics
- No, it’s not the latest electro-dance craze from Japan; the word tectonic refers to the earth's crust and the big hunks of it that shift around.
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- adj. [地质] 构造的；建筑的；地壳构造上的
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1. It struck 80 miles off the east coast the Japanese island of Honshu, where one tectonic plate is diving underneath another.
它到达了本州东海岸以内80英里处， 一块构造板块在那里潜入了另一块之下。
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2. The major earthquakes and active volcanoes occurring there are caused by the westward movement of the Pacific tectonic plate and other plates leading to subduction under Asia.
由于太平洋构造板块及其他几个板块的向西移动，导致其向亚洲板块之下俯冲，从而会在这一带引发大地震和火山活动。
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3. Though intensely studied, the quakes have baffled scientists for decades -- with a few exceptions, strong earthquakes occur exclusively where tectonic plates are grinding past one another.
虽然仔细研究过，但是这些地震还是困惑了科学家们几十年—除少数例外，强地震一般都会发生在构造板块绞合处。
- tectonic (adj.) 1650s, "of or relating to building or construction," from Late Latin tectonicus, from Greek tektonikos "pertaining to building," from tekton (genitive tektonos) "builder, carpenter, woodworker; master in any art (sculpture, metal-work, writing)," from PIE root *teks- "to weave," also "to fabricate." The geological sense, "pertaining to the structure of the Earth's crust," is recorded from 1887.
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