英语单词 | crater |
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英美音标 | 英 ['kreɪtə(r)] 美 ['kreɪtər] |
中文释义 | n.坑(陨石坑、弹坑等);凹地;火山口 |
英语例句 | (1) They blasted a huge crater in the runway. (2) The depth of the crater is expected to be about 30 feet. (3) Lava boiled up from the crater of the volcano. (4) Flames blazed out from the crater of the volcano. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们在飞机跑道上炸了一个大坑。 (2) 弹坑的深度预计约于30英尺。 (3) 熔岩从火山口沸腾着升起来。 (4) 火焰从火山口猛烈地喷出来。 |
vocabulary简明 | A crater is a roundish dent left in the surface of something by the impact of something else. Look at the moon: it's covered in craters from thousands of impacts over millions of years. |
vocabulary扩展 | Once in a while, you might hear the word crater used as a verb, as in, "His career really cratered when he started drinking. But you'll usually hear crater used as a noun to refer to a bowl-shaped depression left behind by an explosion or impact. Outside Flagstaff, Arizona, you'll find Meteor Crater, one of the most well-defined impact craters on the surface of the Earth. It's almost a mile across, even though the meteor that created it was less than 100 yards in diameter. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](撞击或爆炸形成的)坑,弹坑 A crater is a very large hole in the ground, which has been caused by something hitting it or by an explosion. |
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