单词 | pumice-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpumice-like ˈpumice-like adj. ΚΠ 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 169 A kinde of white hard substance..pumish~like and spungy. 1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air I. 352 These Floods of Fire being cooled by the Air, hardened into great Heaps of Pumice-like Stones, called Sciarra. 1862 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 12 99 The light vesicular pumice-like masses have been scattered by the wind over the plateaus surrounding these hills. 1995 Sci. Amer. Jan. 64/3 When subjected to a blow, the soft, pumicelike outer material of the enlarged Pagetic skull gives way to a white, hardened, highly resilient core. < as lemmas |
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