horst

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n. 地垒

发音

其它 /hɔːst/

词形变化

horsts 复数 horsts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.

    地质

    1963, F. Geukens, S. D. Bowers (translator), Geology of the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen, U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 560-B, page B19, Innumerable faults, in fact, cut through the country, many bounding secondary grabens and horsts.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

crust

相关短语

Horst aan de Maas horst and graben

词源

From German Horst (“heap”). Doublet of hurst.

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