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lava

/lah-vuh, lav-uh/US // ˈlɑ və, ˈlæv ə //UK // (ˈlɑːvə) //

熔岩,岩浆,溶岩,熔岩岩浆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent.
    • : the rock formed when this solidifies, occurring in many varieties differing greatly in structure and constitution.

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Examples

  • At El Malpais, explore one of many lava tubes, like the easy-to-access Junction Cave.

  • Heavy rains can trigger Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano to spout streams of lava.

  • Farquharson and Amelung made their case for rain-triggered lava at Kilauea April 22 in Nature.

  • He says that points to building pressure deep under the volcano’s summit before lava erupted out of cracks in the ground.

  • In fact, the lava basement of the Von Kármán crater may be too deep for Yutu-2 to sense at all, his team suspects.

  • Volcanoes spewed lava and ash, ocean floors were thrust upward, sand and rock and shale settled into slurry.

  • Underneath, however, lies the permanently molten lava of Scottish memory and its sense of English repression.

  • Lava and ash fell for days; the sun was obliterated for three months.

  • It also has one of the tallest mountain ranges on the continent and the largest lava lake on Earth.

  • No longer would they have crazy adventures like campus-wide paintball and lava matches.

  • Torrents of lava poured over the sides of the volcano and destroyed whole villages on the shores of the lake.

  • He trudged across burning lava on which his feet left their imprint; he had the appearance of a desperately dogged traveller.

  • Here there are many craters and much basalt, or even lava; also hot springs.

  • South of this arid region, strewn with great lava stones, are the Rendile uplands, affording pasturage for thousands of camels.

  • From these fissures immense and repeated flows of lava spread over the Kapte and Laikipia plateaus.