| 单词 | iron rock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasiron rock iron rock n. ΚΠ ?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World iii. iv. 152 Here there is an Iron Rock [L. rupes..ferrea], iust like that Rocke of Lode-stone, which the Geographers say is vnder the North pole. a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xvi. 127 The Iron-rock being full of joints, is with pick-axes easily divided. 1855 E. Emmons Amer. Geol. I. 150 The debris and soil is too deep to admit of removal for the single purpose of disclosing the extent of the quarry of iron rock. 1905 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 48. 321 In the northern part of the main ore-bearing area the porphyry contains irregular masses of ‘iron rock’, which is chiefly a mixture of limonite and quartz. 2011 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Nov. c7 The design..uses Corten steel, which..will gradually weather and blend in with the surroundings of natural iron rock. < as lemmas |
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