ammonite

n. 菊石 [化] 菊石; 干肉粉; 阿芒炸药; 硝铵二硝基萘炸药

发音

/ˈæ.məˌnaɪt/
其它

词形变化

ammonites 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.

    菊石

    生物

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries There's more interest to my mind in a neolithic scraper than in a whole show-case-full of ammonites and belemnites.

  2. 1.

    An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ammonoid

上位词 1

fossil

词源

From French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis (cornū) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder in reference to coiling ram horns used to symbolise the Egyptian god Amun. Equivalent to Ammon + -ite.

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