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geophone

/jee-uh-fohn/US // ˈdʒi əˌfoʊn //

地质仪,地震仪,地质勘探仪,地动仪

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a device that is placed on or in the ground and used to detect seismic waves.

Examples

  • "The vibrodyne machine isn't running," he remarked finally after repeated adjustments of the geophone.

  • Nothing at all of any value was being recorded by the geophone when Kennedy glanced quickly at his watch.

  • We entered our bare little room and Kennedy set to work as though to detach the geophone, while I explained it to our client.

  • The first geophone used by the western powers in the war was invented by the French.

  • If the enemy were burrowing in the ground anywhere within a distance of 75 yards the geophone would tell about it.