stalactite

/stuh-lak-tahyt, stal-uhk-tahyt/US // stəˈlæk taɪt, ˈstæl əkˌtaɪt //UK // (ˈstæləkˌtaɪt) //

石钟乳,石钟乳石,钟乳石,仙人掌

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.

Replies stack downward, leading in some cases to long, stalactite-like structures.
In this specimen the tubular cavity of the stalactite is still open.
I halted on my way to visit the curious and wonderful stalactite caverns of Adelsberg; they are like underground cathedrals.
The storeman seizes the head of one bird, wrenches hard, and off it breaks as brittle as a stalactite.
The outermost cave is 70 ft. in height and 200 in length, with massive pillars of stalactite reaching from roof to floor.
Slow water fell drop by drop from the point of the stalactite upon the point of the stalagmite.