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单词 platy
释义 platy, a.|ˈpleɪtɪ|
[f. plate n. + -y.]
1. Consisting or formed of plates; plate-like.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe iv. x. (1541) 88 b, Some groundes or residences [in urine] bee lyke vnto plates..and may be named platy resydence, in latyne Laminea.1612W. Parkes Curtaine-Dr (1876) 27, I [Satan] keepe the best that euer nation bred, Within my Kingdome in a platy bed.
2. Geol. Consisting of or easily separating into plates; flaky.
1806Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 271 The small fissures of the rock contain the like [lead] ore, but platy, and of a less firm cohesion.1829Nat. Philos. I. Optics xiii. 33 (Usef. Knowl. Soc.) Mica, a thin platy mineral.1879Rutley Study Rocks xiii. 258 Sometimes a platy or tabular structure is developed in basalt.1894Northumbld. Gloss. s.v. Plate, Sandstone, when intermixed with shale beds or partings, is called platy freestone or platy post.
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