單詞
sinkhole
英 ['s??kh??l]
基本信息
- n. 污水坑；排水口；陰溝口
英文詞源
- sinkhole (n.)
- also sink-hole, mid-15c., "sewage pit," from sink (n.) + hole (n.). As a geological phenomenon, "hole made in the earth in limestone regions by underground erosion," 1780, from sink (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. To a geologist, this is a simple limestone sinkhole.
- 對(duì)地質(zhì)學(xué)者來說, 這只是簡(jiǎn)易的石灰石污水池.
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- 2. Local authorities and geologists are still investigating what caused the sinkhole.
- 當(dāng)?shù)毓賳T及地質(zhì)學(xué)家仍在調(diào)查此次地陷發(fā)生的原因.
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- 3. In 2007 an approximately 30 - story - deep sinkhole ( pictured ) swallowed several homes and killed three people Guatemala City.
- 2007年危地馬拉一個(gè)大約30層深的 大洞 吞掉了很多房屋,并導(dǎo)致3人死亡.
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- 4. His eloquence is all the more remarkable because migraines are a sinkhole for language.
- 他的描述很引人入勝,因?yàn)槠^疼就像是語言的排污口.
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- 5. As the crack gets bigger, the topsoil gently slumpsand develops into a sinkhole.
- 但裂縫增大時(shí),表土下降之后形成大洞.
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