单词 | gas spurt |
释义 | > as lemmasgas spurt gas spurt n. Geology rare a brief jet or stream of gas escaping through a layer of ice, rock, etc.; a deposit of material left by such escaping gas. ΚΠ 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 294/1 Gas-spurts.—The surfaces of some strata, usually of a dark colour and containing organic matter, may be observed to be raised into little heaps of various indefinite shapes. 1896 Science 7 Feb. 203/1 Gas spurts break out after a period of continued cold, and the surface of the ice becomes discolored with the products urged up by the escaping gas. 2002 Moscow News (Nexis) 13 Mar. A dramatic increase in global warming..heating up certain sections of polar lands with hydrocarbon, in particular natural gas, deposits. Resultant gas spurts will have potential to change the atmospheric spectrum. < as lemmas |
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