| 单词 | petrified forest |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetrified forest petrified forest n. an area covered with the petrified remains of trees, usually broken and scattered across the ground; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [noun] > specific wood-stone1794 shell rock1807 petrified forest1830 biolith1852 dogger1876 spongolite1945 1830 Illinois Monthly Mag. Oct. 31 The earth's surface is literally covered with stumps, roots and limbs of petrified trees; presenting the appearance of a ‘Petrified Forest’. 1874 Ladies' Repository Apr. 302/1 The cathedral of Antwerp..was a sacred island in the tumultuous main. Through the perpetual twilight, tall columnar trunks..grew from a floor checkered with prismatic lights and sepulchral shadows. Each shaft of the petrified forest rose to a preternatural height. 1937 M. Huxley Let. 13 Oct. in Lett. A. Huxley (1969) 425 We drove through all the view places and the petrified forests and the grand-canyons. 1970 C. Major Swallow the Lake ii. 27 The petrified forest of the past. 1986 G. Bradley Terms to Be Met Foreword Here we are with our youngest at the Petrified Forest. < as lemmas |
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