crater

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɹeɪ.tə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈkɹeɪ.tɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
  2. Alternative form of creature. Ireland,Scotland,alt-of,alternative
    — I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately.
  3. 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.
  4. The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
    — But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.
  5. Any large, roughly circular depression or hole. broadly,informal
  6. Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”). alt-of,alternative,historical
    — The people of those parts lived in underground houses - more of dug-outs - along with their goats and sheep and they had great craters full of wine, barley-wine, that they drank through reeds.
动词 v.
  1. To form craters in a surface.
  2. To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed. figuratively
    — Yup, John McCain said to me the economy “is about to crater.” You folks worried about the economy? Whoo! Not me.
  3. To crash or fall.
    — He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.
  4. To die from fall damage.

词形变化

craters plural craters present,singular,third-person cratering participle,present cratered participle,past cratered past craters plural

词汇关系

下位词
Barringer Crater bomb crater caldera explosion crater impact crater maar crater pit crater subsidence crater volcanic crater
衍生词
bomb crater crateral crater face craterform crateriform craterization craterkin crater lake craterless craterlet craterlike crater of eternal darkness craterous cratery Endeavour Crater Gale Crater impact crater intercrater intracrater microcrater Nemo Crater parking crater Pirx Crater pseudocrater retarc Revati Crater Sadko Crater subsidence crater Sunset Crater
相关词
machtesh caldera

词源

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