| 单词 | boulder |
| 释义 | boulder noun[C] uk/ˈbəʊl.dər/us/ˈboʊl.dɚ/a verylargerock 巨石 Andrew Merry/Moment/GettyImages Geology: types of rock
boulder| American Dictionaryboulder noun[C] us/ˈboʊl·dər/alarge,roundedrockthat has beensmoothedby theactionof theweatherorwater Examplesofboulderboulder From about 128 km away, they hauled huge basalt boulders, from which to carve colossal heads, and nearly 100 other sculptures. From theCambridge English Corpus Magnetic investigation of an amphiboliteboulderfound on the white line showed that a strong electric current indeed traversed theboulder. From theCambridge English Corpus Adjacent to active border faults to the east and west, sheet- and debris flow-dominated alluvialboulderconglomerates accumulated. From theCambridge English Corpus Many additional examples of boulders, tracks and boulders at the ends of tracks can be seen in later spacecraft images. From theCambridge English Corpus Samples from the normal smooth surface of the gneissbouldershow that the surface has been ground and polished during glacial transportation. From theCambridge English Corpus Their outlines are made of large boulders and their interiors are filled with heat-radiating quartz and quartzite river cobbles. From theCambridge English Corpus This suggests that the quarrying might have involved a process of splitting large exposed boulders and selecting appropriate blocks. From theCambridge English Corpus Villagers and farmers at group meetings indicated their understanding of village boundaries with reference to features such as trees, boulders and road junctions. From theCambridge English Corpus The breccia contains a variety of boulders, dominated by vesicular basalt and phonolitic lavas. From theCambridge English Corpus Plucking may effectively erode the welljointed thick basalt bed, resulting in boulders the size of which depends on the bedding and joints of the basalts. From theCambridge English Corpus The next stratum is the layer of limestone boulders that seals the deposit inside the pit. From theCambridge English Corpus Quaternary deposits are represented largely by modern cryological regoliths (ranging from coarseboulderto detritus-loamy regoliths). From theCambridge English Corpus The sight of theboulderis an original impression. From theCambridge English Corpus The substrate was composed mainly of cobbles at the study riffles, although boulders were common in the stream at greater altitudes. From theCambridge English Corpus The underlying rock is massive granite, which has been exposed to form outcrops and boulders throughout the area, with grass and trees between them. 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. CollocationswithboulderboulderThese are words often used in combination withboulder. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. granite boulder The earlier parts of the castle constructions are characterised by heavygraniteboulderconstructions, but with ever more refined details in later periods. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.huge boulder He changes into his costume and flies up to the volcano, catching ahugeboulderhurtling toward the town and flinging it into the ocean. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.large boulder By the roadside as one leaves the town there is alargeboulderon which the figure "22" is inscribed in large characters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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