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whinstone

/ˈwɪn.stəʊn/

翻译: 名词,指各种坚硬的深色岩石,尤指燧石或玄武岩。常作为这类硬质岩石的统称。

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noun

/ˈwɪn.stəʊn/C2formal
  • zh名词,指各种坚硬的深色岩石,尤指燧石或玄武岩。常作为这类硬质岩石的统称。

A noun referring to any of various hard colored rocks, especially those consisting of chert or basalt.

  1. Hard dark rockC2formalbritish

    Any of various hard, dark-colored rocks, such as basalt or chert, often used in construction or as a building material.

    zh深色硬岩

    • The old cottage was built from local whinstone.
    • Whinstone is commonly used for road surfacing in some regions.
    • Geologists identified the sample as a type of whinstone.

    同义词whin