单词 | volcanically |
释义 | volcanicallyadv. 1. a. By the agency of volcanic activity. ΚΠ 1814 Trans. Geol. Soc. 2 301 That all the Island of Teneriffe was volcanically produced no man who examines it can have any doubt. 1872 A. Geikie Jukes' Student's Man. Geol. (ed. 3) xiii. 281 Extraneous volcanically-derived blocks are not confined to the tuffs; they occur also even in the ordinary sedimentary strata intercalated in a trappean series. 1938 Bryologist 41 13 C. Holomitrium usually grows on volcanically heated soil. 1970 Science 5 June 1209/1 Tekties are probably ejected volcanically, rather than by impact, from the moon. 1998 C. Pellegrino in C. Pellegrino & G. Zebrowski Star Trek: Next Generation: Dyson Sphere (1999) Afterword 227 I know of volcanically-warmed oceans, hidden beneath the ice of Enceladus and Europa. b. In the manner of a volcano. Frequently figurative: violently, passionately. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with eruptive violence explosively1685 volcanically1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. ii. 18 Prussians billowing round by the myriad, volcanically spouting fire for fifteen hours. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 127 The energies..were restrained by the Aeolians within the sphere of individual emotions, ready to burst forth volcanically. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 46 Here, in this apparently..unimpassioned place, novelty had volcanically started up. 1948 Life 13 Sept. 139/1 The smoke issuing volcanically from the butt-filled ash tray testified to his inner agitation. 1977 K. Tynan Let. 18 Mar. (1994) viii. 591 Most of my time since then has been spent in bed and on antibiotics, coughing volcanically. 2008 R. Corliss in D. Sterritt & J. Anderson B List x. 198 Angel and Lutze go at it, volcanically passionate. 2. In respect of a volcano or volcanoes; with regard to volcanic activity. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [adverb] volcanically1886 1886 Daily News 2 Sept. 4/7 Astronomically, it [sc. the earth] is solid in its relations; volcanically, it is of liquid or plastic character. 1892 Daily News 26 Mar. 2/1 Cotopaxi..comports itself, volcanically speaking, in a regular and well-behaved manner. 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 90 10 At least ten localities in the ice-covered region have been volcanically active during recent centuries. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Mar. a3 Volcanically, Io is much more active than the Earth. 2012 io9 (Nexis) 20 Feb. The Moon appears to be completely dead volcanically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1814 |
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