单词 | pseudo-volcano |
释义 | > as lemmaspseudo-volcano pseudo-volcano n. Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/ , U.S. /ˌsudoʊˌvɔlˈkeɪnoʊ/ , /ˌsudoʊˌvɑlˈkeɪnoʊ/ now historical a hill or vent that emits smoke, flame, or gases, but not lava (e.g. above a coal mine that has accidentally caught fire).ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [noun] Vulcan?a1425 volcan1577 volcano1613 furnace1660 volcanello1669 volcano mountain1693 pseudo-volcano1794 mud volcano1816 salse1831 stratovolcano1894 shield volcano1911 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 419 Pseudo-volcanos are so called, because, like volcanos, they emit smoke, and sometimes flame, but never lava... Most of these are coal mines which have accidentally taken fire. 1897 Science 1 Jan. 7/2 Nicollet..got authentic accounts of pseudo-volcanoes caused by the spontaneous combustion of bituminous material within the rocks. 1970 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 114 51/1 The phenomenon was due to the melting of shale overlying coal beds which had been set on fire... These were the ‘pseudo-volcanoes’. < as lemmas |
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