hardpan

/hahrd-pan/US // ˈhɑrdˌpæn //UK // (ˈhɑːdˌpæn) //

硬盘,硬板,硬纸板,硬纸片

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any layer of firm detrital matter, as of clay, underlying soft soil.Compare caliche, duricrust.
- : hard, unbroken ground.
- : the fundamental or basic aspect of anything; solid foundation; underlying reality: the hardpan of mathematical theory.

"My God, My Glock, and my Gallant" Above hardpan deserts, red dawns chased away Orion, the Hunter, day after night.
For hardpan, shale, loose rock and similar materials, ample strength of teeth and dipper is of greater importance than its shape.
Old Hardpan himself couldn't have beaten it, even in his mule-skinning days.
Where blue gravel or hardpan and clean bank gravel are procurable, a good road may be made by mixing the two together.
The cost of specially made grubs for digging in hardpan is about $26 per dozen.
Old Scarface whitewashes fences for a nickel an hour and they live in a dirty hole of a cabin down in Hardpan.