中文翻译与英英解释 | any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) 同义词:whin,
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Whinstone is a term used in the quarrying industry to describe any hard dark-coloured rock. Examples include the igneous rocks basalt and dolerite as well as the sedimentary rock chert. |
例句与用法 | 1. | Rough as a saw edge , and hard as whinstone “像锯一样地粗,像岩石一样地硬!
| | 2. | Tell her what heathcliff is : an unreclaimed creature , without refinement , without cultivation : an arid wilderness of furze and whinstone 告诉她希刺克厉夫是什么样的人:一个没驯服的人,不懂文雅,没有教养,一片长着金雀花和岩石的荒野。
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