| 单词 | geyser |
| 释义 | geyser (once / 5658 pages) nv A geyser is a spring that dramatically spews hot water and steam — Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park is one of the most famous. When a geyser explodes, hot water and steam shoot up out of the ground like some kind of crazy fountain. It's so amazing that people often use this word to describe things that remind them of geysers. If you suddenly make a lot of money, you hit a geyser. If someone is crying uncontrollably, that's a geyser of emotion. If you're writing quickly and well, it feels like a geyser of words. Anything powerfully flowing could be considered a geyser. WORD FAMILYgeyser: geysered, geysering, geysers USAGE EXAMPLESIts visible geothermal features are nowhere near as striking as Yellowstone’s geysers and consist mainly of above-ground, pungent smelling sulphur springs. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The quake’s epicenter was 4 miles west of The Geysers and about 15 miles north of Healdsburg, the U.S. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) A shallow magnitude 4.7 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning four miles from The Geysers, Calif., according to the U.S. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n a spring that discharges hot water and steam Exp|Hyper Old Faithful a geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts for about 4 minutes about every 65 minutes fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring a natural flow of ground water 2v to overflow like a geyser Hyper brim over, overflow, overrun, run over, well over flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
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