英语词汇“shell-sand”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Of geological formations or deposits: Consisting wholly or largely of (sea)shells (esp. in a triturated or powdery state, shell-gravel, shell-grit, shell-marl, shell-sand).Cf. shale marl n. at shale n.² Compounds 2.

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shelly1555

shell1587

conchylaceous1799

conchitic1811

conchiferous1830

orbitoidal1848

1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Oxen (1596) 43 The shell stones (that lie in arable landes..) first burnt, and then beaten into fine powder.

1692 A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) 94 As for lime they are supplyed from the Shell-bank of Kirkinner.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Shell-sand, a name given by the farmers, in some parts of England, to the fragments of shells found on the sea-shores, and ground to a sort of powder, so that they resemble sand.

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. viii. 29 This author seems never to have seen shell-marle.

1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 7 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) This shell-bluff is 300 yards more or less along the river's bank.

1795 J. Hutton Theory Earth I. 100 Among these, are different species of oolites marble, some shell marbles, and some composed of a chalky substance.

1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 138 The coarse shell-limestone, which immediately covers the chalk strata in the neighbourhood of Paris.

1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. Shell marl, a deposit of clay, peat, and silt, mixed with shells, which collects at the bottom of fresh water lakes.

1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 208 Fire marble or lumachelle is a dark brown shell marble.

1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 589 Shell-beds are formed of dead and drifted shells, heaped together by tides and currents.

1855 C. Kingsley Persius in Heroes iv Shell-drifts bleaching in the sunshine.

1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. xi. 307 A straight, broad path, smooth and white with shell-gravel.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 47 Loose sand and shellgrit crusted her bare feet.

1938 Oxoniensia 3 28 Sherd with shell-grit; fine stabs and rouletted horizontal lines.

1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 418 Spatangus purpureus..lives in shell-gravel.

1977 Stornoway Gaz. 27 Aug. 4/9 These are well worth looking for in June or July in the grassland behind our many shell-sand beaches.

单词	shell-sand
释义	> as lemmas shell-sand b. Of geological formations or deposits: Consisting wholly or largely of (sea)shells (esp. in a triturated or powdery state, shell-gravel, shell-grit, shell-marl, shell-sand).Cf. shale marl n. at shale n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [adjective] > containing organic remains > containing shells shelly1555 shell1587 conchylaceous1799 conchitic1811 conchiferous1830 orbitoidal1848 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Oxen (1596) 43 The shell stones (that lie in arable landes..) first burnt, and then beaten into fine powder. 1692 A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) 94 As for lime they are supplyed from the Shell-bank of Kirkinner. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Shell-sand, a name given by the farmers, in some parts of England, to the fragments of shells found on the sea-shores, and ground to a sort of powder, so that they resemble sand. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. viii. 29 This author seems never to have seen shell-marle. 1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 7 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) This shell-bluff is 300 yards more or less along the river's bank. 1795 J. Hutton Theory Earth I. 100 Among these, are different species of oolites marble, some shell marbles, and some composed of a chalky substance. 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 138 The coarse shell-limestone, which immediately covers the chalk strata in the neighbourhood of Paris. 1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. Shell marl, a deposit of clay, peat, and silt, mixed with shells, which collects at the bottom of fresh water lakes. 1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 208 Fire marble or lumachelle is a dark brown shell marble. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 589 Shell-beds are formed of dead and drifted shells, heaped together by tides and currents. 1855 C. Kingsley Persius in Heroes iv Shell-drifts bleaching in the sunshine. 1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. xi. 307 A straight, broad path, smooth and white with shell-gravel. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 47 Loose sand and shellgrit crusted her bare feet. 1938 Oxoniensia 3 28 Sherd with shell-grit; fine stabs and rouletted horizontal lines. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 418 Spatangus purpureus..lives in shell-gravel. 1977 Stornoway Gaz. 27 Aug. 4/9 These are well worth looking for in June or July in the grassland behind our many shell-sand beaches. extracted from shelln. < as lemmas
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