单词 | lapilli |
释义 | lapillin. With plural agreement. Small stones or pebbles; now only spec. of the fragments of stone ejected from volcanoes. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > ejected volcanic material > [noun] > stones, dust, or sand sand flood1668 lapilli1747 rapilli1768 lapillo1811 tephra1944 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 523/1 Most of their lapilli are a fluor of the stalactite kind. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. Gloss. Lapilli, small volcanic cinders. 1858 A. Geikie Story of Boulder xii. 237 Ashes and lapilli, ejected from some submarine orifice. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. ii. xxvi. 18 Ashes and lapilli of the size of nuts [were projected] as far as 40 miles. 1883 R. A. Proctor in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 567 A heavy rain of cinders and lapilli. Derivatives laˈpilliform adj. pebble-shaped. ΚΠ 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 537/1 A small pouch containing..a lapilliform body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1747 |
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