单词 | ring of fire |
释义 | > as lemmasRing of Fire Ring of Fire n. (also Pacific Ring of Fire) a belt of volcanic and seismic activity bordering the Pacific Ocean, corresponding to the zone where the Pacific tectonic plate meets adjacent plates.The Ring of Fire extends through the Andes in South America, through Central America and Mexico, along the west coast of the United States into Alaska, across the Aleutian Island chain, through the Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and the Philippines, and into New Zealand and the margins of Antarctica. [Ultimately reflecting the work of the German scientist C. Ritter (compare quot. 1863), who used the terms Feuerkreis and Feuerkranz.] ΚΠ 1863 W. L. Gage tr. C. Ritter Geogr. Stud. 321 This division..completes a circuit of more than two hundred volcanoes in constant action, rightly giving it the name of the Volcanic Circle.] 1871 B. B. Woodward tr. E. Reclus Earth lxii. 430 Thus is completed the great ring of fire which circles round the whole surface of the Pacific Ocean. 1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks ii. 20 Although volcanoes are widespread throughout the world, the most striking feature of their distribution is the so-called ring of fire surrounding the Pacific Ocean basin. 1965 Science 9 Oct. 231/2 A belt of volcanoes stretches across lower Asia, down through Java and Sumatra where it joins the Pacific Ring of Fire. 1989 Nature 6 Apr. 473/1 Volcanoes in the ‘Ring of Fire’ surrounding the Pacific Ocean are sited on tectonic arc segments marking the great subduction zones where oceanic crust returns to the mantle. 2001 Adventure Trav. July–Aug. 35/2 These natural hot springs are dotted over most of Japan, thanks again to that Ring of Fire. < as lemmas |
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