| 单词 | white smoker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite smoker white smoker n. Oceanography a deep-sea hydrothermal vent that ejects water rich in white particles consisting largely of baryte and silica; (also) a chimney or similar structure created at such a vent by the deposition of minerals; cf. black smoker n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea bed > submarine hydrothermal vent hydrothermal vent1975 black smoker1980 smoker1980 white smoker1980 1980 F. N. Spiess et al. in Science 28 Mar. 1425/1 Edifices atop the mounds are classed as either black or white, and those venting particulates are dubbed smokers.] 1980 F. N. Spiess et al. in Science 28 Mar. 1425/2 (caption) White smoker. 1999 S. Jones Almost like Whale xiii. 309 Other vents, ‘white smokers’, are surrounded by mats of bacteria. 2007 T. Friend Third Domain vi. 167 Spires are mineral deposits, remnants of geothermal chimneys similar to black and white smokers at ocean bottom vents. < as lemmas |
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