| 单词 | calcareous |
| 释义 | calcareous (once / 3689 pages) adj WORD FAMILY calcareous USAGE EXAMPLESThe vineyard rises with harrowing steepness on hills composed of gravels and calcareous ocean deposits — fossils of sea creatures regularly turn up in the dirt. Los Angeles Times(Nov 11, 2016) It was covered in red and orange corals and calcareous marine algae. National Geographic(Jul 11, 2016) Its calcareous soil has produced one of the richest concentrations of natural life in Scandinavia. New York Times(Sep 04, 2015) adj composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk Syn chalky |
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