| 单词 | weathered out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweathered out 1. Worn, stained, or seasoned by the weather or by atmospheric influences. Also weathered out. Chiefly Geology. (See weather v. 2a, 2b.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > by action of weather weather-beatena1547 overweathered1600 weather-worn?1609 weather-beat?1615 weather-bita1616 weathered1789 withered1794 weather-scarred1876 weather-roughened1897 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 420 This weathered or dissolved copper is found in many places in the state of an ochre or of a loose powder. 1820 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 3 185 The weathered surface of several specimens of calcareous sandstone. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. W. von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Trav. in German Romance IV. 212 The weathered aspect of the towers. 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 3) I. 103 I have never yet seen any restoration or cleaned portion of a building whose effect was not inferior to the weathered parts. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xi. 254 The weathered surface of each block was black. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vii. 54 The weathered ice of the surface..could be cloven with great facility. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 230/1 Practice enables a geologist to discriminate some rocks by the feel of their weathered or fresh surfaces. 1906 Cornish Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 235 A collection of weathered-out crystals of felspar. 1914 Moir in Man XIV. 180 What we have regarded as deep striæ caused by immense pressure are in all probability simply weathered out shattered scratches. < as lemmas |
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