hornfels

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable. countable,uncountable

词形变化

hornfelses plural hornfels plural

词源

Borrowed from German Hornfels, literally "horn stone", after its frequent association with glacial "horn peaks" in the Alps.
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