单词 | vuggy |
释义 | > as lemmasˈvuggy ˈvuggy adj. (also vughy) full of cavities. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [adjective] > having cavities vuggy1864 vugular1967 the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > full of cavities leery1676 bladdery1798 vuggy1864 mouseholed1967 1864 W. W. Smyth Catal. Min. Coll. Museum Pract. Geol. 12 The lode is full of cavities, or ‘vuggy’ (as the Cornish miners term it). 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 273 Vughy rock, a stratum of cellular structure, or one containing many cavities. 1953 Amer. Mineralogist 38 7 Some of the replaced rock has a very vuggy texture. 1970 E. C. T. Chao et al. in Proc. Apollo 11 Lunar Sci. Conf. I. 65 Pyroxferroite was first recognized by the LSPET (1969) as an unidentified yellow mineral that seemed to be concentrated in vuggy areas of the Type B rock. 1971 V. A. Firsoff Gemstones Brit. Isles iv. 25 Amethyst occurs in druses and ‘small vuggy veins’ in the former haematite mines of Mwyndy and Garth Ward. < as lemmas |
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