crater

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n. 火山口, 环行山, 弹坑 [化] 焊口; 火山石; 弧坑; 焰口

发音

UK /ˈkɹeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
IE /ˈkɹeː.təɹ/
其它
US /ˈkɹeɪ.tɚ/

词形变化

craters 复数 cratered cratering craters 三单 craters cratering 现在分词 cratered 过去式 cratered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

在…上形成坑;取消;毁坏

动词

形成坑;消亡

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.

    环形山

    撞击坑

    天文
  2. 2.

    The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

    火山口

    喷火口

    地质
  3. 3.

    The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.

    弹坑

    火山口

  4. 4.

    Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.

    非正式 引申义
  5. 5.

    Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).

    历史
  6. 1.

    Alternative form of creature.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰
v.
  1. 1.

    To form craters in a surface.

  2. 2.

    To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    To crash or fall.

    体育

    He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.

  4. 4.

    To die from fall damage.

    游戏

词汇关系

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词源

First coined 1613, from Latin crātēr (“basin”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”).

来源:wiktionary