| 单词 | geology |
| 释义 | geology (once / 409 pages) n Geology is the study of the Earth and what it's made of, including its natural history. Just as biology is the study of earth's life forms, geology is the study of the earth itself. Geology tells us where lakes once were, where volcanoes erupted, where glaciers pushed up mountains and then melted. Geologists — people who study geology — tell us where to find oil, coal and diamonds and then they explain how they got there. If you find the natural world beautiful and interesting, you might enjoy studying geology. WORD FAMILYgeology: geologic, geological, geologies, geologist+/geological: geologically/geologist: geologists USAGE EXAMPLESIt is geology, ecology, meteorology, economics, and many other disciplines rolled into one. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) He graduated from the University of Oregon, where he played football and earned a degree in geology. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) Zinke graduated from the University of Oregon, where he played football and earned a degree in geology. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) n a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks Hypo|Hyper hypsography the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level) palaeogeology, paleogeologythe study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks geophysical science, geophysicsgeology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth orography, orologythe science of mountains stratigraphythe branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata mineralogythe branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them spelaeology, speleologythe scientific study of caves economic geologythe branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials geomorphology, morphologythe branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms hydrologythe branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation seismologythe branch of geology that studies earthquakes volcanology, vulcanologythe branch of geology that studies volcanoes magnetics, magnetismthe branch of science that studies magnetism geodesythe branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points petroleum geologythe branch of economic geology that deals with the occurrence and exploitation of oil and gas fields mining geologythe branch of economic geology that deals with the applications of geology to mining earth science any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
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