单词 | supercrust |
释义 | > as lemmassupercrust (a) Forming nouns denoting the upper part of something, or an object situated on top of another, as super-cloth, supercrust, supersoil, supertower, etc. ΚΠ 1573 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1839) I. 287 Sir Walter Robesone..past with a dead corps to the kirk, having the supercloath upon him in popish manner. 1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World 483 The true System of the World,..that is, the Superæther, and utmost Circumference therof; and within that Concave Sphere, the Æther, [etc.]. 1796 J. Keys Antient Bee-Master's Farewell i. ii. 8 The super-box seemed quite full of honey and brood. 1848 J. D. Hooker Let. 13 Oct. in C. Darwin Corr. (1988) IV. 174 The definition of the super from the sub soil is..clear. 1880 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 3) 147 The series of rocks..that makes up the earth's supercrust—the only part..which is within the range of direct investigation. 1884 Contemp. Rev. July 104 Placing an octagonal super-tower, or ‘lantern’, on a square sub-tower. 1893 H. M. Wilson Irrigation Engin. (1909) xii. 285 Where the canal is at a lower level than the drainage channel, a super~passage is employed to carry the latter over the canal. 1906 Athenæum 10 Mar. 304/2 A super-stage can be attached for examining transparent objects. 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Nov. t22 Besides cleaning up, you will help the debris reappear as rich, dark, friable supersoil in the spring. 2011 P. R. Spalart et al. in M. V. Salvetti et al. Quality & Reliability of Large-eddy Simulations II ii. 257 Some estimates make the viscous super-layer as thin as the viscous sub-layer. < as lemmas |
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