单词 | living rock |
释义 | living rock (once / 26034 pages) n WORD FAMILY living rock: living rocks USAGE EXAMPLESStromatolites are effectively living rocks formed of mineral grains glued together by sticky, colonial bacteria. BBC(Aug 31, 2016) “You are not the greatest living rock star of all time,” Taylor says. Time(Jul 08, 2015) Take a tour of the ancient city of Petra — hewn from the living rock, hence the name — on a new "Nova." Los Angeles Times(Feb 13, 2015) 1n usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States Syn|Hyper Ariocarpus fissuratus cactus any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines 2n highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa Syn|Hyper living granite, stone mimicry plant succulent a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs |
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