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pluton

/ploo-ton/US // ˈplu tɒn //UK // (ˈpluːtɒn) //

块状体,块石,块岩,块状物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Geology.

    • : any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.

Examples

  • While these fled, disaster fell upon the two torpedo-boat destroyers, Pluton and Furor.

  • Gradually the Pluton's guns became silent, and it was evident that she was in distress.

  • We were now within five hundred yards of the Furor, firing; sometimes at her and sometimes at the Pluton.

  • The casting of lots is mentioned by Alfred in his version of Bede, pluton mid tanum, "they cast lots with twigs."

  • The "Pluton" kept her engines going just long enough to drive her ashore under the Socapa cliffs.