| 单词 | splay-kneed |
| 释义 | > as lemmassplay-kneed splay-kneed, splay-toed. splay fault n. Geology a subsidiary fault diverging at an acute angle from a larger dislocation. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > other types of fault heave1802 reversed fault1852 reverse fault1865 step-fault1879 ring fracture1881 overfault1883 overlap fault1883 overthrust1883 trough fault1883 thrust1888 thrust-fault1889 offset1897 cross-fault1900 tear-fault1900 distributive fault1904 cross-break1909 slide1910 strike-slip fault1913 rift1921 splay fault1942 wrench fault1951 megashear1954 transform fault1965 transform1971 1896 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Flotsam iv The waiter, in his rusty black and splay-toed shuffling boots. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 Feb. 2/3 I see you..The slave of some splay-kneed mechanic. 1942 E. M. Anderson Dynamics of Faulting & Dyke Formation vii. 150 Splay faults may..be expected to diverge from the main fracture at about this angle [sc. 22½°]. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles vii. 147 These structures continue across into Northern Ireland but are much less strongly developed there and are replaced by series of en-echelon and splay faults. 1971 Nature 19 Feb. 538/1 North and south of the Gregory rift..the periclinal ends of the uplifted area are broad transverse depressions traversed by splay-faults. < as lemmas |
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