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limestone

/lahym-stohn/US // ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn) //

石灰石,石灰岩,灰石,灰岩

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.

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Examples

  • Among the piles of specimens were six large slabs of limestone.

  • For now, you can ride 195 miles of its crushed limestone from the town of Norfolk in the east to Valentine in the west.

  • With limestone outcroppings, rocky terrain, and vast, dry prairies, Missouri’s 12,423-acre Hercules-Glades Wilderness is a mish-mash of Ozark Mountain terrain.

  • For limestone, he estimates that the number could be as much as twice that, because of the heat required to process the rock.

  • That process would convert calcium oxide back into calcium carbonate, the main component of limestone, at which point the process can simply begin again.

  • So he and the scouts dug into a limestone hill and built a factory in record speed.

  • The ship, which was carrying a consignment of limestone, broke in half.

  • Middlebury is gorgeous, with big, open quads and limestone buildings that echo Yale's.

  • The soul of his output in this period: a series of 20 limestone heads, evocative of African sculpture.

  • For instance, the Limestone Polypody is not happy unless there is a certain amount of lime present in the soil.

  • The train had long passed Hornberg, and far below the streams tumbled in white foam down the limestone rocks.

  • A band of limestone also occurs at Templeton containing masses of a light-coloured translucent serpentine.

  • An abundance of limestone makes the soil exceptionally fertile and productive.

  • We were now in the "limestone country," and the roads are exceedingly dusty in dry weather.