“rock、basin”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

rock-basin

释义

rock-basin
[rock n.¹]
A basin-shaped hollow in a rock, esp. one of natural origin; spec. in Geol. a large depression in a rocky area, attributed to the action of ice-masses.
1754Borlase Antiq. Cornwall 164 The Rock-basons shew that it was usual to get upon the top of this Karn.1763J. Hutchins in Mem. W. Stukeley (Surtees Soc.) II. 128, I am apt to think it was a rock idol and the rock-basons on it seem to favour such a conjecture.1839H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornw., etc. xiv. 451 The highest block is decomposed on the upper surface, so that one of those cavities, commonly termed rock basins,..is produced.1853Zoologist II. 4081, I took another look at my pretty little rock-basin at Oddicombe.1882Geikie Text-bk. Geol. vi. i. 888 The abundant ice-ground and lake-filled rock-basins of glaciated regions.

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