| 单词 | continental drift |
| 释义 | continental drift noun[U] geologyspecializeduk/ˌkɒn.tɪ.nen.təl ˈdrɪft/us/ˌkɑːn.t̬ən.en.t̬əl ˈdrɪft/the veryslowmovementofcontinentsover the earth'ssurface 大陆漂移Geology - general words
continental drift| American Dictionarycontinental drift noun[U] us/ˈkɑnt·ənˈent·əl ˈdrɪft,-təˈnen-/earth science thetheorythat thecontinentswereonceonelargeareaoflandthatbrokeapartand are nowslowlymovingaway from each other Examplesofcontinental driftcontinental drift From a geophysical perspective, analysing the fluid motion induced by the instability of liquid layers provides rational models for predictingcontinentaldriftand volcanic activity. From theCambridge English Corpus Importance ofcontinentaldriftin the distribution and evolution of ixodid ticks. From theCambridge English Corpus A new class of faults and their bearing oncontinentaldrift. From theCambridge English Corpus He was an early proponent ofcontinentaldriftand the unauthodox expanding earth theory. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Seafloor spreading helps explaincontinentaldriftin the theory of plate tectonics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He later attributed these anomalies tocontinentaldrift. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Crustal movements (such ascontinentaldrift) or polar cap melting are slow secular events. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Plate motion should not be confused withcontinentaldriftwhich applies purely to the movement of the crustal components of the continents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Continentaldriftrates may have been anomalously high. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The discontinuous distribution is indicative of a basal genus that was affected bycontinentaldrift. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The use of this data has resulted in evidence forcontinentaldrift, plate tectonics and supercontinents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Continentaldriftis facilitated by two factors: the energy generation within the planet and the presence of a hydrosphere. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Additionally, the theory ofcontinentaldriftoffered a possible explanation as to the formation of mountains. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But he believed it is a consequence of thecontinentaldrift(in). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The retrieved core samples provided strong proof forcontinentaldriftand seafloor renewal at rift zones. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.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. |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。