pumice

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies. countable,uncountable
    — The wind blew close to the ground - it rooted among the tussock grass - slithered along the road, so that the white pumice dust swirled in our faces - settled and sifted over us and was like a dry-skin itching for growth on our bodies.
动词 v.
  1. To abrade or roughen with pumice. transitive

词形变化

pumices plural pumices present,singular,third-person pumicing participle,present pumiced participle,past pumiced past

词汇关系

相关词
pumiceous

词源

词源 1
From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”). Doublet of pounce.
词源 2
From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”). Doublet of pounce.
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