| 单词 | Earth's crust |
| 释义 | Earth's crust (once / 10396 pages) n WORD FAMILY Earth's crust USAGE EXAMPLESQuakes are caused by a sudden movement in the Earth's crust, releasing stored energy that people feel as shaking. Los Angeles Times(Oct 19, 2016) Despite their name, most of the elements are much more plentiful in Earth's crust than gold, silver, platinum and mercury. Nature(Apr 25, 2016) Of 5,090 minerals known worldwide, fewer than 100 make up 99 percent of the Earth's crust. Reuters(Feb 12, 2016) n the outer layer of the Earth Syn|Hypo|Hyper crust horst a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land crustal plate, platea rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly layer a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another |
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