| 单词 |
stoping |
| 释义 |
stoping, vbl. n.|ˈstəʊpɪŋ|
[f. stope v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb stope.
1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 97 When met with in stopeing, or driving as aforesaid, they commonly say, ‘It is a stope of dead ground.’ 1903Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 9/1 We have good reason to believe that actual stopings..will expose a much larger amount than can now be seen.
attrib.1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 320 Besides this, stoping ground for 10 men is opened. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 868/1 Stoping Drill (Mining.) One for excavating drifts or horizontally lying beds or steps [etc.].
b. Geol. The process by which intruding magma detaches blocks of the surrounding rock.
1903R. A. Daly in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CLXV. 272 (heading) The hypothesis of overhead stoping† by deep-seated magmas. [Note] † A technical mining term meaning to excavate upwards or sideways to remove ore. 1903― in Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 209. 102 Magmatic stoping would tend to weaken the earth's crust immediately above the intruding body. 1939Bailey & Weir Introd. Geol. xlii. 237 On the whole, stoping is probably the most important method of emplacement. 1977A. Hallam Planet Earth 69/1 Intrusions are emplaced in various ways: for example,..by stoping, a process of gradual movement involving the dislodging of the blocks of country rock and their incorporation—perhaps even assimilation—into the magma. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容：
相关热词搜索：stoping英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
字词 液压控制 释义 【化】 hydraulic control 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本......