| 单词 | rock terrace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock terrace rock terrace n. Physical Geography a horizontal shelf of rock; spec. one forming a river terrace. ΚΠ 1834 F. Zander De vocabuli δυο usu Homerico Hesiodeoque et Attico 182 Kλωμακόεσσαν,..on rock terraces, rocky. 1837 J. Phillips Treat. Geol. I. vi. 320 (heading) Rock terraces in valleys. 1905 Bull. N.Y. State Mus. No. 84. i. 73 The excavation of the gorge below the floor of the ancient Hudson valley has left well defined rock terraces bordering the Hudson. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1184/2 [River] terraces may be cut into the solid rock or consist of a rock bench veneered with a comparatively small thickness of alluvium (rock terrace). 2002 Jrnl. Coastal Res. 18 823 (caption) Five-Finger Strand, Malin—Sea stacks occurring on a raised rock terrace. < as lemmas |
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