| 释义 |
meteorolite|ˈmiːtɪərəlaɪt|
Also 9 meteorolithe.
[ad. F. météorolithe, f. Gr. µετεωρο- meteor + λίθος stone: see -lite.]
= meteorite.
1812Southey Omniana II. 204 [heading of paragraph] Meteorolithes. 1821Ure Dict. Chem., Meteorolites, or Meteoric Stones. 1822P. Cleaveland Min. & Geol. (ed. 2) II. 772 Meteorolite. a1835McCulloch Attributes (1837) II. 412 If the meteorolites should ever be proved to be fragments of the presumed planet. 1866Herschel Fam. Lect. Sci. ii. 73 Meteorolites which..have come to the earth from very remote regions of the Planetary spaces.
Hence meteoroˈlitic a.
1824Macculloch Highl. Scot. IV. 159 It is more ingenious to imagine the fashion derived from some similar respect paid to a meteorolitic Palladium in former days. |