| 单词 | geological hammer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeological hammer geological hammer n. a hammer designed for splitting and breaking rock for the purposes of field geology, mineral collecting, etc., typically made from hardened steel with one side flat and the other pick- or chisel-shaped. ΚΠ 1821 Eclectic Rev. May 441 See his long paper on ‘Geological Hammers’. 1874 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 164 173 We landed, armed with picks and geological hammers for our work. 1960 R. Casanova Fossil Collecting (1970) v. 102 A geological hammer and a chisel are essential, although any medium-sized hammer would do as a temporary makeshift. 2005 Smithsonian Dec. 64/1 Darwin would have brought his geological hammer, a clinometer for measuring inclines, a shotgun for collecting birds..and, of course, water. < as lemmas |
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