| 单词 | limestone |
| 释义 | limestone noun[U] uk/ˈlaɪm.stəʊn/us/ˈlaɪm.stoʊn/awhiteorlightgreyrockthat is used as abuildingmaterialand in the making ofcement 石灰石；石灰岩 A_Pobedimskiy/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Building materials
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geology: types of rock limestone| American Dictionarylimestone noun[U] us/ˈlɑɪmˌstoʊn/agrayrockformedfrom theshellsofseaanimals, used inbuildingsand makingcement Examplesoflimestonelimestone Limestonefragments and a few silicified grains (chert) are present, within a calcite spar cement. From theCambridge English Corpus The margins of some of thelimestoneblocks are slickensided. From theCambridge English Corpus The combined effects of less erosion-resistant marlylimestoneand the columnar jointing of basalts caused the rapid migration of the knickpoint toward the upstream reach. From theCambridge English Corpus The landscape is flat and the geology is dominated bylimestone. From theCambridge English Corpus The book is then divided into sections which cover all habitat types: coastal, freshwater, lowland rainforest and other lowland forest formations,limestonehabitats and mountains. From theCambridge English Corpus The sections also contain subordinate amounts of siltstone,limestoneand dolostone. From theCambridge English Corpus Apart from a relatively prominentlimestonebed, the entire succession consists of shallow-water sandstones and subordinate mudstones. From theCambridge English Corpus Thelimestonebands weather proud in cliff exposures. From theCambridge English Corpus The matrix of the specimens is a light-grey clayeylimestone. From theCambridge English Corpus A characteristic feature is that these fields are connected withlimestonemassifs. From theCambridge English Corpus The host lithologies are mudstones, siltstones, minor black limestones and subordinate sandstones, with numerous disturbed beds composed of any or all of these lithologies. From theCambridge English Corpus The lower member (max. c. 600 m) is composed mainly of thick clay shales interbedded with thin sandylimestonebeds (packstones and wackestones). From theCambridge English Corpus The grave consisted of a simplelimestoneslab-lined crypt originally closed by a wooden lid sealed in place with plaster. From theCambridge English Corpus These sediments are locally interbedded with siliceouslimestoneand rare thin-bedded sandstones. From theCambridge English Corpus Thelimestonebeds are light bluish grey, nodular to continuous and generally some 3-5 centimetres in thickness. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. CollocationswithlimestonelimestoneThese are words often used in combination withlimestone. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. carved limestone Predominant original exterior features include carved limestone detail, numerous false chimneys, steeply pitched slate roofs, and a seven-story clock tower. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.crushed limestone I cannot pretend thatcrushedlimestoneis used very often nowadays by farmers for correcting the acidity of their land; farmers prefer to use bought-in lime for that purpose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 grey limestone The lithology of the sediment is also fairly unusual in comprising clasts of finely laminated grey limestone. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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