单词 | stalagmite |
释义 | stalagmiten. 1. An incrustation or deposit, more or less like an inverted stalactite, on the floor of a cavern, formed by the dropping from the roof of some material in solution. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > stiria > stalagmite or stalactite round dropstone1668 stalactite1677 stalactites1681 stalagmite1681 water pipe1681 dropstone1695 icicle1695 watericle1776 stalagmite1815 frostwork1835 tallow1876 helictite1882 stalagma1903 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §i. v. 295 The Cluster'd Stalagmites. 1759 J. Platt in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 527 The stalactites and stalagmites, of which there is great variety. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lii. 148 The rich stalagmites that grew up from the bottom reflected a golden light through the water. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) viii. 122 As the stalagmite grows in height, it approaches the stalactite above which continues to grow downward. 2. Limestone deposited in this manner. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > stiria > stalagmite or stalactite round dropstone1668 stalactite1677 stalactites1681 stalagmite1681 water pipe1681 dropstone1695 icicle1695 watericle1776 stalagmite1815 frostwork1835 tallow1876 helictite1882 stalagma1903 1815 A. Aikin Man. Mineral. (ed. 2) 159 Stalagmite occurs mammillated. 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 12 The effect of the loam and stalagmite in preserving the bones from decomposition..has been very remarkable. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. ii. vi. 113 The crust-like deposit known as stalagmite. Compounds C1. attributive. ΚΠ 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. iv. 122 Extinct fauna buried beneath its stalagmite flooring. 1864 J. Hunt tr. C. Vogt Lect. on Man ix. 237 The stalagmite crust. C2. stalagmite marble n. onyx marble. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > with structure like onyx onychite1651 onyx marble1862 stalagmite marble1895 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > others Florentine marble1706 Carraraa1728 rosso antico1730 giallo antico1741 campan1794 dolomite1794 ruin marble1798 turquin1811 picrite1814 landscape marble1816 snow1848 Irish green1850 palombino1859 Tennessee marble1875 corallite1883 stalagmite marble1895 Piastraccia1909 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Stalagmite marble. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1681 |
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