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单词 underthrust
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underthrust

[ uhn-der-thruhst ]
/ ˈʌn dərˌθrʌst /

noun Geology.

a thrust fault in which the footwall moved and the hanging wall did not (opposed to overthrust).

Origin of underthrust

First recorded in 1890–95; under- + thrust

Words nearby underthrust

under-the-table, under the weather, under the wire, underthings, underthroating, underthrust, undertime, undertint, undertone, undertook, undertow
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British Dictionary definitions for underthrust

underthrust
/ (ˈʌndəˌθrʌst) /

noun

geology a reverse fault in which the rocks on the lower surface of a fault plane have moved under the relatively static rocks on the upper surfaceCompare overthrust
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