volcano

英 [vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ]

美 [vɑːlˈkeɪnoʊ]

n.  火山

复数：volcanos　

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Collins.2 / BNC.10407 / COCA.6321

牛津词典

noun

• 火山
  a mountain with a large opening at the top through which gases and lava (= hot liquid rock) are forced out into the air, or have been in the past
  1. An active volcano may erupt at any time.
     活火山会随时喷发。
  2. a dormant volcano (= one that is not active at present)
     休眠火山
  3. an extinct volcano (= one that is no longer active)
     死火山

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 火山
  Avolcanois a mountain from which hot melted rock, gas, steam, and ash from inside the earth sometimes burst.
  1. The volcano erupted last year killing about 600 people...
     去年那座火山喷发致使约600人遇难。
  2. Etna is Europe's most active volcano.
     埃特纳山是欧洲最活跃的火山。

英英释义

noun

• a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
  Synonym:vent
• a mountain formed by volcanic material

双语例句

• This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.
  这座休眠火山突然爆发了。
• At the same time, steam was building up within the volcano.
  与此同时，在火山中形成了水蒸汽。
• This is the world's most active volcano!
  这是世界上最活跃的活火山！
• The volcano came to life a week ago.
  一个星期前，火山开始变得活跃。
• Rocks and molten lava erupted from the volcano.
  岩石和熔岩从火山口喷发出来。
• He is painting a huge volcano
  他正在画一座巨大的火山。
• He says it's like a volcano ready to erupt.
  他说这就像一座即将喷发的火山。
• The volcano threw new showers of magma and ash into the air.
  火山又向空中喷出了岩浆和火山灰。
• And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool.
  而且，他还把那座死火山当作脚凳。
• Rainfall had dislodged debris from the slopes of the volcano
  雨水冲走了火山坡面上的岩屑。