| 单词 | to weather out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto weather out b. intransitive. To become worn, disintegrated, or discoloured under atmospheric influences. Const. into, to a specified condition. to weather out: to become prominent or isolated by the decay or disintegration of the surrounding rock. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > waste away > wear > wear by weather weather1789 wither1794 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > erode [verb (intransitive)] erode1863 to weather out1885 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom II. 20 The grey granite begins to weather or decompose. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxiii. 441 The lower shale is here clearly seen beneath the limestone, and weathers to the same light ashen colour as in Salop. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. i. 7 Hard crystalline rock, decomposing or weathering by the constant action of the sea and weather. 1883 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera xcii. 207 The dark rock weathers easily into surface soil. 1885 J. W. Dawson Egypt & Syria v. 112 The pillar~like masses of salt that weather out of the salt cliff of Jebel Usdum. 1914 Moir in Man XIV. 179 Those fragments of flint would in time, by thermal effects, ‘weather out’ and leave a clean-cut groove behind. < as lemmas |
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