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单词 Plutonist
释义 Plutonist Geol.|ˈpluːtənɪst|
[f. as Plutonism + -ist. So F. plutoniste.]
One who holds the Plutonic theory: see plutonic a. 1 a.
1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 336 It is in vain..that volcanists; or rather plutonists, ascribe these slips, and the disorders that accompany them, to subterraneous eruptions.1861Buckle Civiliz. (1871) III. v. 397 In the history of geology, the followers of Werner are known as Neptunists, and those of Hutton as Plutonists.1882Geikie Text Bk. Geol. iii. i. iv. §2. 298 In the geological contest..between the Neptunists and the Plutonists, the two great battle cries were, on the one side, Water, on the other, Fire.
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