| 单词 | iron mountain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasiron mountain iron mountain n. a mountain rich in iron ore.In quot. 1656 denoting a mountain made of iron as part of an extended metaphor (with reference to Daniel 2:41–3). Cf. iron clay adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > mountain iron mountain1658 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > type of iron mountain1658 jokul1780 table mountain1822 mountain of accumulation1864 voel1876 nunatak1877 monadnock1893 block mountain1896 fold mountain1908 hen-cackle1934 1656 J. Cotton Expos. Thirteenth Chapter Rev. 196 The stone cut out of the mountaine, that breaks the iron mountaine of Rome.] 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 909 About..Melela, Hea, Hascora, the iron Mountain Rhahona [L. Rhahonam montem ferratum]..; Jo. Leo saith there is very excellent African honey made. 1684 J. Strype tr. J. Lightfoot Horæ Hebraicæ in Wks. II. 88 On the East coast of Perea: was also Σιδηροῦν ὄρος an iron mountain [L. Mons ferreus], witness Josephus. And without doubt, there were other such like mines. 1722 J. Macky Journey through Eng. II. 143 The Water you may imagine is very cold, coming from the Bowels of an Iron Mountain. 1838 Boston (Mass.) Weekly Mag. 24 Nov. 91/1 Having visited the Iron Mountain in Missouri..I am happy to add my testimony..respecting the remarkable deposites of iron ores. 1969 Times 21 Nov. 27/3 The most poignant part of the trip was a visit to Hamersley [Western Australia] to see Mount Tom Price, the ‘iron mountain’. 2010 E. G. Nichols & K. J. Morse Venezuela iv. 126 In 1948, U.S. Steel discovered..Cerro Bolívar, an iron mountain containing 400 million tons of 65 percent pure iron ore. < as lemmas |
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