| 释义 |
serpentinize, v.|ˈsɜːpəntɪnaɪz|
[f. serpentine n. or a. + -ize.]
1. intr. = serpentine v. 1.
1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 248 The venerable beauties of Innerpaffray, fronting Castle Drummond, in a concavity of the serpentinizing Ern. 1798W. Mavor Brit. Tourists V. 18 Extensive lawns through which a river serpentinizes.
2. trans. (Geol.) To convert into serpentine.
1886[see peridotitic a.]. 1889Amer. Nat. Nov. 1007 Scyelite..consists of serpentinized olivine, altered augite, bleached mica. 1899Nat. Sci. XV. 173 The ferro-magnesian minerals are more or less serpentinised. |