单词 | tectonist |
释义 | tectonistn.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] bigger1307 biggandc1350 builderc1380 edifiera1464 erectora1552 upbigger1562 structora1634 tectonist1634 architect1665 compiler1713 raiser1949 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xix. 94 As is their husbands occasion these poore tectonists [sc. the squaws] are often troubled like snailes, to carrie their houses on their backs. 2. Geology. A specialist in tectonics. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geologist > [noun] > tectonician tectonist1933 tectonician1951 1933 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 225 441 Becker's work has been to a large extent discarded by tectonists as being too highly theoretical to be of practical value in the interpretation of rock structure. 1935 E. B. Bailey Tectonic Ess. i. 5 For von Buch, the Hercynian character was a west-north-westerly, or north-westerly, trend... Accordingly, among German-speaking tectonists, Hercynian is still commonly employed to group together a very important set of more or less north-westerly fractures and folds that characterize much of Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Scania. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。