| 单词 | subterranean geography |
| 释义 | > as lemmassubterranean geography subterranean geography n. the geography of the subterranean world or underworld; (knowledge of) the structure, position, etc., of underground rock formations (cf. geognosy n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > [noun] > science or subject of subterranean geography1624 non-natural1696 supernaturalism1796 supranaturalism1821 hypophysicsa1834 hyperphysics1855 preternaturalism1864 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] subterranean geography1749 geology1788 geognosy1792 geognosis1810 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. iv. i. iii. 523 Purgatory, Limbus patrum, infantum, and all that subterranean Geography. 1749 D. W. Linden Let. 18 Aug. in Three Lett. Mining & Smelting (1750) 15 Thus single Veins and Beds of particular Minerals are examined in Mineralogy, but in Subterranean Geography we must not stop here, all Mineral and Metalline Rakes of whole Mountains, comes under our Inspection. 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. i. 114 Upon this supposition, when we see an uniformly regular surface, we might expect that the subterranean geography would also be regular. 1864 G. P. Marsh Man & Nature vi. 535 Schmidl has spent years in studying the subterranean geography and hydrography of this singular district. 1908 Geogr. Jrnl. 32 79 Geology also throws the only light on subterranean geography. 2010 S. Berry Emperor's Tomb xliv. 222 He'd studied the subterranean geography and knew that the fissures there ran deep—earthen channels through which pressurized oil could easily move upward. < as lemmas |
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