| 单词 | blue slipper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue slipper blue slipper n. [ < blue adj. + slip n.1 + -er suffix1] English regional (Isle of Wight) the gault clay. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > clay gault1575 blue slipper1840 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 316/1 In this state it has the appearance of a slimy grit, consisting of particles of the sand-stone lubricated with clay; it is familiarly called ‘the blue slipper’. 1881 Isle of Wight Observer 19 Feb. 6/1 It appears there is no room to make a new road, so we must wait till the fine weather arrests the further course of the tyrant known locally as ‘blue slipper’. 1954 J. F. Kirkaldy Gen. Princ. Geol. iv. 44 The Undercliff between Ventnor and Blackgang..is a jumbled mass of great blocks of chalk and sandstone which have slipped down from the cliffs above across the underlying clay, which is locally known as the ‘blue slipper’. 2003 This is Hampshire (Nexis) 18 Jan. We saw that he [sc. a dog] was stuck in the soft blue slipper clay up to his middle so winched down to him and used a casualty board to get over to him. < as lemmas |
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