释义 |
Definition of tar ball in English: tar ballnoun A lump of solidified crude oil found in or on the sea, or washed up on shore. Example sentencesExamples - Also in Mississippi, tar balls have been found on the beaches of Hancock County.
- You're going to see tar balls near the water.
- I was speaking to the mayor of Long Beach where they saw tar balls several days ago.
- Oil and tar balls have washed ashore four states now from Mississippi to Florida.
- Every day they have to clean off tar balls from the beach then you have this problem with the oil in the marshes.
- There really hasn't been anything in terms of any sheen on the coastline here; they haven't had a single tar ball.
- Tar balls now giving way to heavy crude oil on Louisiana's coastline.
- Still yet the heavier stuff like tar balls may have sunk, according to Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium professor Paul Sammarco.
- Over the weekend, isolated tar balls had washed ashore on nearby Dauphin Island, interrupting a busy beach holiday.
- We have crews actively looking and walking the shoreline each day, looking for the tar ball or the sheen and oil.
- The oily muck and tar balls littering the shore could spell disaster for the tourist hot spot.
- And tar balls keep washing up on Gulf beaches, cutting deep into tourism.
- Of course, locals are nervous regardless of whether the tar balls washed up.
- US authorities estimated the oil from the Gulf spill could push "tar balls" into the Mississippi river.
- Oil stains and tar balls cover what was just a few weeks ago pristine white sand.
- Oil is no longer washing up along the shore but Gulf residents say tar balls can still be found in ankle deep waters.
Definition of tar ball in US English: tar ballnoun A lump of solidified crude oil found in or on the sea, or washed up on shore. Example sentencesExamples - Over the weekend, isolated tar balls had washed ashore on nearby Dauphin Island, interrupting a busy beach holiday.
- And tar balls keep washing up on Gulf beaches, cutting deep into tourism.
- Oil stains and tar balls cover what was just a few weeks ago pristine white sand.
- Every day they have to clean off tar balls from the beach then you have this problem with the oil in the marshes.
- There really hasn't been anything in terms of any sheen on the coastline here; they haven't had a single tar ball.
- I was speaking to the mayor of Long Beach where they saw tar balls several days ago.
- The oily muck and tar balls littering the shore could spell disaster for the tourist hot spot.
- Oil and tar balls have washed ashore four states now from Mississippi to Florida.
- Tar balls now giving way to heavy crude oil on Louisiana's coastline.
- Of course, locals are nervous regardless of whether the tar balls washed up.
- US authorities estimated the oil from the Gulf spill could push "tar balls" into the Mississippi river.
- Still yet the heavier stuff like tar balls may have sunk, according to Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium professor Paul Sammarco.
- Oil is no longer washing up along the shore but Gulf residents say tar balls can still be found in ankle deep waters.
- Also in Mississippi, tar balls have been found on the beaches of Hancock County.
- You're going to see tar balls near the water.
- We have crews actively looking and walking the shoreline each day, looking for the tar ball or the sheen and oil.
|