volcano

英 [vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ]

美 [vɑːlˈkeɪnoʊ]

n.  火山

复数：volcanos　

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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 an extinct volcano (= one that is no longer active)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

• He says it's like a volcano ready to erupt.
  他说这就像一座即将喷发的火山。
• It caused big fires, storms, acid rain, and even earthquakes and volcano eruptions.
  它引起了很大的火灾、暴风雨、酸雨、甚至地震和火山爆发。
• The eruption of a volcano is awesome.
  火山爆发的景象令人敬畏。
• Rocks and molten lava erupted from the volcano.
  岩石和熔岩从火山口喷发出来。
• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.
  熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• Its tallest volcano, long extinct, is Olympus Mons.
  它最高的火山是早已熄灭的奥林波斯山。
• The volcano vomited flames and molten rock. volcanic ash and lava build the mountains that we call volcanoes.
  火山喷出了火焰和熔岩。火山灰和火山岩在喷射口堆积构成了火山。
• 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。
• 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。
• And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool.
  而且，他还把那座死火山当作脚凳。