solfatara

n. [地]硫质喷气孔

词形变化

solfataras 复数 solfataras solfatare solfatare 复数

别名

sulphatara

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.

词源

From Italian solfatara (“a place where to find sulphates”), from solfato (“sulphate”) + -ara (“suffix that forms place nouns”). More at Italian zolfo (“sulphur”). Itself the name of Solfatara, a volcano near Naples. Compare Sicilian surfatara.

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