单词 | nappe |
释义 | nappe[ nap ] / næp / nounGeology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold. Geometry. one of the two equal sections of a cone. Origin of nappe1905–10, Americanism;<French: literally, tablecloth, cloth; Old French nappe, nape<Latin mappa;cf. napkin Words nearby nappeNapoleonic Wars, Napoleon II, Napoleon III, Napoli, nappa, nappe, napper, napping, nappy, nappy rash, naprapathy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for nappenappe / (næp) / nouna large sheet or mass of rock, commonly a recumbent fold, that has been thrust from its original position by earth movements the sheet of water that flows over a dam or weir geometry either of the two parts into which a cone (sense 2) is divided by the vertex Word Origin for nappeC20: from French: tablecloth Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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