oolite

英 ['əʊəlaɪt] 美 ['oə,laɪt]
  • n. 鲕粒岩;鱼卵石

英文词源


oolite (n.)
"rock consisting of fine grains of carbonate of lime," 1785, from Modern Latin oolites, from oo-, comb. form of Greek oon "egg" (cognate with Old English æg, see egg (n.)) + lithos "stone" (see litho-). So called because the rock resembles the roe of fish.

双语例句


1. Oolite lime sand packs naturally with 40 % porosity because the particles are essentially spheroids.
自然堆积的灰质鲕粒砂具有40%的孔隙度,因为其颗粒其本上都是球状的.

来自辞典例句

2. The thin bedded siliceous - rocks include chert and depositional quartz with textures of oolite and pebble.
矽质岩包括燧石和沈积石英岩,呈薄层状产出,沈积石英岩具鲕状、砾状结构.

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