单词 | genesis rock |
释义 | > as lemmasgenesis rock genesis rock n. Astronomy a detached mass of solid material dating from the formation of objects, esp. the moon, in the early solar system. ΚΠ 1971 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 8 Aug. 2/3 The rock, which has become known as the ‘Genesis Rock’, could help scientists understand the violent processes by which the Moon was shaped. 1978 J. M. Pasachoff & M. L. Kutner University Astron. xiv. 392 It had been hoped that the astronauts would find a ‘genesis rock’, a rock from the time of the origin of the solar system. 2003 D. Mackenzie Big Splat ix. 140 The astronauts were trained to look for the white ‘genesis rocks’..that might remain from the original crust. < as lemmas |
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