英语释义

• a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

片语

variegated sandstone杂色砂巖

Red Sandstone红砂巖

quartzite sandstone泡砂石

micaceous sandstone[巖]

clean sandstone纯砂巖

beach sandstone海滩砂巖

bunter sandstone杂色砂巖

quartzitic sandstone石英巖质砂巖

cay sandstone礁岛砂巖；珊瑚洲砂巖

quartz sandstone[巖] 石英砂巖

英汉例句

• another significant discovery was withering of the monument「s white marble and red sandstone structure.

  另一个重大发现是，陵墓的白色大理石和红色砂巖结构正在销蚀。

• he picks up a large,pointy piece of sandstone and attempts to place it — point down — on a much larger round boulder.

  他拣起一块尖尖的大砂巖石，试图尖头朝下地把它安置在更大的一块圆石上。

• in an effort to maintain the tomb」s pristine condition, the asi is constantly replacing worn out marble and sandstone with their immediate substitutes.

  为了维持陵墓的原始状态，印度考古局经常用最接近的替代品替换破损的大理石和砂巖。

• lightning flashes over ayers rock, a landmark red sandstone monolith that draws tourists to australia「s center.

  闪电越过一整块的红色砂巖地标将游客引向了澳大利亚的中心。

• the team compressed the gas into its liquid form and pumped it into a layer of sandstone 24 metres thick, lying 1.5km (about a mile) under the surface.

  该研究小组先把二氧化碳压缩成液体，然后把它泵入到一层距离地面1.5公里（约1海里）、厚度为24米的沙巖中。

• at a now-famous seaside outcrop on the eastern coast of scotland, he saw nearly horizontal layers of red sandstone on top of completely vertical layers of a much different, gray sedimentary rock.

  在现在着名的苏格兰东部海岸的海滨露巖上，他看到近乎水平的红色砂巖层位于与它非常不同的灰色沉积巖层的上面。

• on the outside, the monumental structure, a big chunk of which will be open to public in november this year, resembles a brown sandstone promontory jutting out amid trees and into the vistula river.

  这座将于今年十一月大部分向公众开放的雄伟建筑，从外面看就像从树林中伸出的褐色砂巖海角直插入维斯瓦河。

• the beautiful sandstone span, built by convicts in 1836, is one of australia」s oldest and is decorated with an impressive array of carvings.

  由罪犯于1836年建造的、美丽的沙巖跨是澳大利亚历史上最悠久。并用一系列令人印象深刻的雕刻作品来装饰的建筑物之一。

• from kabul, mrs. bush flew to bamiyan province to see where two enormous sandstone buddhas, carved out of a sheer cliff, stood for centuries until they were blown up by the taliban in 2001.

  离开喀布尔后，布什夫人乘飞机前往巴米扬省，参观那里的两座巨大的沙巖佛像。 这两尊佛像依山体峭壁雕刻而成，矗立在那长达几个世纪，但在2001年被塔利班炸毁。

• but dating the massive statues—38 and 55 meters high, respectively—that were carved into the sandstone cliffs has proved problematic.

  然而，对那些38到55米高，各自雕刻在砂巖悬崖里的雕像进行年代测试已经被证明是存在问题的。

• the most ambitious is the new svalbard global seed vault, set inside the permafrost of a sandstone mountain on the norwegian island of spitsbergen just 700 miles from the north pole.

  最富雄心的莫过于新设的「斯瓦尔巴环球种子库」，它建立在挪威斯匹次卑尔根岛上一座砂巖山的永冻层内，岛屿离北极仅有700英里。

• he spread his arms, taking in the dark horizon and the desert with its sandstone wind sculptures and its countless silent whales.

  他伸展双臂，远眺暗黑地平线，与沙漠里砂巖风雕塑和无数沉默的鲸鱼对视。

• the sandstone fa?ade had disintegrated from long exposure to the elements.

  由于长期暴露在自然环境中，沙巖的表面已经风化了。

• sandstone is the key to nottingham「s unique subterranean heritage, he said.

  砂巖是诺丁汉地下绝世文物瑰宝存在的关键之处。

• in person, its expanse of red indian sandstone and wavy ribbons of glass is beautiful, and not crackpot at all.

  置身其中，印度红砂巖的宽阔区域和波浪状的玻璃丝带完美出色，一点也不会让人想入非非。

• a bend in the colorado river horseshoes around a sandstone butte in grand canyon national park.

  在大峡谷国家公园里，科罗拉多河的一个弯道马蹄铁形地围绕着砂巖孤丘。

• organic materials were deposited in sequences of sandstone and mudstone, which were then covered by limestones as the environment became progressively more marine.

  无机矿物质按照砂巖和泥巖的顺序沉积着，并随着周围的自然环境演变为海洋性，由石灰石覆盖在了最上层。

• blum flipped past an evocative sandstone carving of a child and a pelican, then admired a griffin plaque.

  勃鲁姆的视线飘过一块眼熟的雕着小孩和鹈鹕的砂巖，落在了一方狮鹫饰板上。

• the first exploration of thunder canyon」s labyrinth of sandstone passages by a group of canyoneers in 1960 gave a boost to the sport's popularity.

  1960年，一队峡谷探险者们首次发现了雷霆峡谷里错综复杂的砂巖通道，同时这也使得这项探险活动变得非常受欢迎。

• found in the sandstone plateau that overlaps venezuela, brazil and guyana, the pebble toad has to contend with predators such as snakes, scorpions and tarantulas.

  住在委内瑞拉、巴西、圭亚那结合处的砂巖高地，石蟾蜍得与蛇、蝎子、狼蛛这类掠食者竞争。

• when it rains, water pools in the vulnerable sandstone eye sockets of some and nourishes the green biological growth that clings to others.

  当天上降下雨点，一些用脆弱的砂巖制成的雕像眼窝中积起了水洼，附着在其他石像上的绿色植被滋长蔓延。

• the libyans say they may stop growing wheat using water from the nwsas and the nubian sandstone aquifer system, the world’s largest fossil aquifer, which they share with egypt, chad and sudan.

  利比亚人称他们将停止使用西北撒哈拉水系统和努比亚砂巖水系统（世界上最大的化石含水层，为埃及、乍得、苏丹共同拥有）的水来种植小麦。

• both on land and offshore, pumping carbon dioxide into sandstone usually displaces water, causing pressure to build up.

  无论在陆地还是在海上，往沙巖中泵入二氧化碳一般都要移除海水，因而导致压力的产生。

• 「glorify your name, 」 the island women sang, as they swayed in a cut sandstone church.

  「赞美你的名字吧,」爱尔兰女歌手曾唱到，当他们在砂巖教堂摇摆的时候。

• nottingham has about 500 sandstone caves, many closed to the public, walker said. the caves date back to early viking times in about 800 a.d.

  沃克说：「诺丁汉市大约有500个砂巖洞穴，许多遗址已禁止游客观光。这些洞穴可以追溯到公元800年的维京时代。」

• the imprint is well defined and deeply embedded in the sandstone riverbed, as if the tyrannosaur had walked there only last week.

  这些足迹仍非常清晰，而且深陷在砂巖河床上，似乎这只霸王龙上个星期才刚走过一样。