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granitoid

/gran-i-toid/US // ˈgræn ɪˌtɔɪd //

花岗岩,颗粒状,粒状物,花岗石

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling or having the texture of granite.

Examples

  • From the granitoid square at the base of the air-shaft came the rattle of after-dinner dishes and the babble of dialect.

  • Many of these orthogneisses are not equally well foliated throughout, but are massive or granitoid in places.

  • Yellow and white sandstones are also found in small quantity on the islands, reposing upon the granitoid rocks.

  • It is probable that the granitoid rocks appear at the surface somewhat to the eastward of this locality.