英语释义

• a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals

片语

dolomite limestone白云石质石灰石；白云石质灰巖，白云灰巖

limestone soil石灰巖发育的土壤；石灰土

biostromal limestone壳灰巖

arkosic limestone[巖] 长石灰巖

magnesia limestone白云石

dolomitic limestone白云石（石质）灰巖；含镁石灰石；白雪巖质石灰巖

limestone sonde石灰巖电极系

argillaceous limestone泥质灰巖，泥质石灰巖；黏土质灰石

limestone quarry石灰石采矿场

calcined limestone[化工]

limestone cave灰巖洞，石灰巖洞

oolitic limestone[巖] 鲕状灰巖；[巖] 鲕状石炭巖

ground limestone石灰石粉

reef limestone[海洋] 礁灰巖

英汉例句

• mr. gittes presented the landmarks preservation commission with his plans for a new facade with a three-story-high limestone bay, large windows and a rooftop addition.

  吉茨先生向风貌建筑保护委员会提交了将其正面改造成三层高石灰石立面，带有大窗户和附加屋顶的改造计划。

• a socotran fig tree (dorstenia gigas) with a bizare swollen trunk that almost has human proportions grows against a limestone rock face on the island of socotra.

  索科特拉无花果树倚靠着石灰巖、面向索科特拉岛生长，它那肿胀的树干跟人的身体比例几乎一样。

• about five million years ago the area was a limestone plateau, but as sea levels rose the effects of surf and rain began to carve out these magnificent cliffs, along with stacks and arches.

  大约五百万年以前，这个地区是一个石灰巖的高原，海平面的上升增强了沖浪和雨对石灰巖的影响，开始分割成为这些宏伟的峭壁，同时形成了堆栈和拱门。

• the descending dragon bay is vietnam’s most beautiful natural attraction with thousands of isles and limestone karsts of different sizes and shapes.

  越南的下龙湾有着越南最美的自然景色，由数以千计的小岛和不同大小和形状石灰巖巖溶组成。

• to our right, off the coast, was a row of 200ft-high limestone stacks known as the twelve apostles.

  在我们右手边沿着海岸线，是一排200英尺高的石灰石巖块，名为十二门徒。

• modern paris sits atop massive formations of limestone and gypsum.

  近代巴黎是由大块的石灰巖和石膏构成的。

• they carved limestone into animal shapes and carved the name of god on them in various characters and hid them on a nearby mountain where professor beringer liked to hunt for fossils.

  他的同事们把石灰巖刻成动物的现状并在上面刻上了各种文字的上帝的名字，然后把这些石头藏在了勃林格教授经常发掘化石的附近的山上。

• the limestone buildings were packed tight, like books on a shelf, many with pitched roofs, thick doors, and rusted iron verandas.

  石灰石的建筑紧密地搭靠着，就如书架上的书，很多屋顶成斜角，厚厚的门，生锈的铁栏桿阳台。

• from the pinky, limestone walls of its great basilica, we see people snaking down to a small cave in the valley below.

  我们站在粉色石灰巖的教堂墻上，看见下面山谷中有人排队进入到一个小小的洞穴里。

• massive fans at many mines make it feel like you are standing in a wind tunnel. coating the walls with limestone also can dampen the effects of coal dust.

  许多矿井都设有大型风扇，运转起来，就好像你站在的大风口处，此外，在墻上覆盖一层石灰石也能降低煤渣效应带来的危害。

• carved out of limestone in gunung mulu national park, the caves span at least 225 miles (362 kilometers) of underground passages.

  在古农姆鲁国家公园由石灰石雕塑而成，洞穴地下通道的跨度至少有225英里（362公里）。

• socotran fig tree (dorstenia gigas) with a bizare swollen trunk that almost has human proportions grows against a limestone rock face on the island of socotra.

  索科特拉无花果树倚靠着石灰巖、面向索科特拉岛生长，它那肿胀的树干跟人的身体比例几乎一样。

• for more than a century researchers have known the basics of how limestone caves form: a tiny fracture opens in the rock perhaps due to some internal stress and water begins percolating through it.

  超过一个世纪以来，研究者就懂得石灰巖洞形成的基本原理：可能由于内部的压力，石头上出现了微小的裂缝，然后水开始渗透。

• it gave no information about his station in life, but the fact that he was buried in a coffin made of limestone from thebes suggested he was very wealthy, hawass said.

  哈瓦斯说，雕刻文字没有提供他的生平，但安葬他的棺椁所使用的石灰石来自于底比斯，这显示棺椁的主人是非常富有的。

• the eisriesenwelt is a natural limestone ice cave located in austria, about 40 km south of salzburg.

  距离奥地利萨尔斯堡南部40公里的森威尔特洞穴，是一个自然的石灰巖冰洞。