| 单词 | caldera |
| 释义 | caldera[ kal-der-uh, kawl- ] / kælˈdɛr ə, kɔl- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR caldera ON THESAURUS.COM nouna large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano. Origin of caldera1860–65; <Spanish Caldera, name of a crater on Canary Islands, literally, cauldron <Late Latin caldāria, noun use of feminine of caldārius of warming; see caldarium WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH calderacaldera , fumarole, geyser, volcanoWords nearby calderaCalcutta, Calcutta Cup, caldarium, Caldecott award, Calder, caldera, Calder, Alexander, Calderdale, Calderón de la Barca, caldron, Caldwell Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for calderaBritish Dictionary definitions for calderacaldera / (kælˈdɛərə, ˈkɔːldərə) / nouna large basin-shaped crater at the top of a volcano, formed by the collapse or explosion of the coneSee cirque Word Origin for calderaC19: from Spanish Caldera (literally: cauldron), name of a crater in the Canary Islands Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for calderacaldera [ kăl-dâr′ə, -dîr′ə, käl- ] A large, roughly circular crater left after a volcanic explosion or the collapse of a volcanic cone. Calderas are typically much wider in diameter than the openings of the vents from which they were formed. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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