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39 Cards in this Set
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gritty
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adj 有砂礫的,勇敢的
as gritty as burned toast |
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pockmarked
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adj 佈達凹痕的,凹坑的,凹洞的;
有痘痕的,有痲子的 pockmarked by glacial craters |
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crater
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n 火山口
v 使成坑 glacial craters |
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boulder
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n 大圓石,巨礫
sprinkled with boulders |
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terrain
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n 岩層,地勢,地面
the terrain in southern Iceland |
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moss
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n 苔蘚,地衣
vt 長苔蘚,地衣 field of bumpy lava blanketed with moss |
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fume
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n 冒煙,發怒
v 冒煙,發怒 distant fumes |
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bumpy
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adj. 崎嶇不平的,坑坑窪窪的,顛簸的
fields of bumpy lava |
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sprinkle
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v 灑,噴淋;撒,使星星點點地分佈於;點綴
n 撒在面上的屑狀物,少量(散佈著的東西),稀疏小雨 sprinkled with boulders |
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gallop
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n (馬等的)疾馳,飛跑
v (馬等的)疾馳,飛跑 galloped forward in violent surges |
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jokulhlaups
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glacial outburst flood
冰河爆發洪水 |
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geologic
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adj 地質上的,地質學的
no geologic remnant of the distant past |
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remnant
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n 剩餘,遺跡,
adj 殘餘的 no geologic remnant of the distant past |
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outburst
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n (情感,力量)迸發,(火山)爆發,噴發
glacial outburst floods |
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cloak
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n 遮蓋物
vt 遮蓋,掩飾 Glacial ice cloaks 10 percent of Iceland |
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geothermal
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adj 地熱的
a simmering cauldron of geothermal activity |
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straddle
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n 跨立於,雜亂地伸展,觀望
v |
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ridge
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n 脊背,山脊
v the mid-Atlantic ridge |
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stimmer
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n (火山)即將爆發的狀態,(開水)沸騰的狀態
v (火山)即將爆發,(開水)沸騰,燉 a simmering cauldron of geothermal activity |
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Atlantic
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n 大西洋
adj the mid-Atlantic ridge |
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cauldron
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n 大鍋,大汽鍋
a simmering cauldron |
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glacial
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adj 冰河的
glacial ice |
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geophysics
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n 地球物理學
a professor of geophysics |
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catastrophe
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n 大災禍,慘敗
To head off catastrophe |
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exquisitely
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adv 強烈地,精緻地
an extensive, exquisitely sensitive monitoring system |
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magma
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n 岩漿
pressurized magma oozes toward the surface of the volcano |
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ooz
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n 滲流,分泌物
v 滲出,冒出 pressurized magma oozes toward the surface of the volcano |
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lid
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n 蓋子
a lid on a giant pressure cooker |
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Fahrenheit
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n 華氏
2200 degrees Fahrenheit |
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plume
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n 羽狀物(eg.煙雲,雲層)
v sending vast plumes of steam |
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steam
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n 蒸汽
v sending vast plumes of steam |
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meteorological
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adj 氣象(學)的
the Icelandic Meteorological Office |
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graze
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n 放牧,吃草
v hundreds of heads of livestock grazing nearby |
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static
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n 靜電,靜態
adj 靜電的,靜態的 high static charges |
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electrocution
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n 觸電死亡,電刑處死
killed by electrocution |
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seismic
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adj 地震的
the seismic monitoring system |
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tremor
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n 震動,微動,震顫
v detect tremors greater than a magnitude of 1 |
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seismometer
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n 地震儀
conventional seismometers |
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lightning strikes
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閃電
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