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单词 outcrop
释义 outcrop
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: out (III) + crop (after crop out, v.)
1.
 a. : a coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground
 b. : the part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground
2. : a breaking out : a coming to the surface
 < the recent outcrop of unofficial strikes — Economist >
 < recurrent outcrops of a heavy and pedantic philosophical jargon — Times Literary Supplement >
II. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ intransitive verb
1. : to come out to the surface of the ground
 < younger rocks outcrop progressively towards the west — A.T.Grove >
2. : to come to the surface : become manifest
 < originality outcrops in the course of planning — Psychiatry >
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