| 单词 | blue asbestos |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue asbestos blue asbestos n. asbestos consisting largely of crocidolite; (also) the mineral crocidolite itself. ΚΠ 1822 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr.: Narr. 2nd Journey II. xxvii. 339 I left fine specimens of blue asbestos stone, found beyond the Great, or Orange River, in South Africa, for the Admiral. 1836 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 29 233 Blue asbestos, given me by some friends at Tullagh, eighty or ninety miles north-east from this, said to be from a place called Roggeveld. 1967 New Scientist 9 Mar. 453/1 Crocidolite, or blue asbestos, is..the one most clearly associated with mesothelioma. 2002 J. Colls Air Pollution (ed. 2) x. 404 The fibrils of all forms of asbestos, and especially of the amphiboles such as crocidolite (blue asbestos) break down lengthways. < as lemmas |
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