| 单词 | geologist |
| 释义 | geologist (once / 1681 pages) n If you’re fascinated by rocks and spend hours digging for interesting samples in the backyard, you might be a budding geologist, a scientist who studies all things related to the Earth. A geologist is an expert in the field of geology, the study of what the Earth is made of and how it was formed. The woman on TV explaining the history of an active volcano that’s ready to erupt? She’s probably a geologist who specializes in volcanoes. Geologists can specialize in many different aspects of the field, ranging from earthquakes to soil erosion. What they all have in common is that they’re trying to figure out how the Earth works. WORD FAMILYgeologist: geologists+/geological: geologically/geology: geologic, geological, geologies, geologist USAGE EXAMPLESJames Lienkaemper, a geologist at the U.S.G.S., estimates that they occur every hundred and forty or hundred and fifty years. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) Geologists say the 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 8:21 a.m. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) Another use will be to assist geologists in their choice of location to drill to the rockbed. BBC(Dec 15, 2016) n a specialist in geology Exp|Hypo|Hyper Arthur Holmes English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965) James HuttonScottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797) Gideon Algernon MantellEnglish geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852) Henry Rowe SchoolcraftUnited States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864) Andrija MohorovicicYugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936) Alfred Lothar WegenerGerman geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930) John Tuzo WilsonCanadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) geophysicist a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth hydrologista geologist skilled in hydrology oil geologist, petroleum geologista specialist in petroleum geology seismologista geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth scientist a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences |
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