| 释义 |
asphaltic, a.|æsˈfæltɪk|
[f. asphalt-os + -ic.]
Of the nature of, or containing, asphalt. Asphaltic Lake, Asphaltic Pool, Lake Asphaltites: the Dead Sea.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §19 There was an asphaltick and Bituminous nature in that Lake before the fire of Gomorrah. 1658Ussher Annals 754 Horsemen which should conduct him to the Asphaltick Lake. 1667Milton P.L. i. 411 Elealé to th' Asphaltic Pool. 1809J. Barlow Columb. vii. 512 Flaming Phlegethon's asphaltic streams. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 258 Asphaltic Mastic..is composed of nearly pure carbonate of lime, and about 9 or 10 per cent. of bitumen. |