sandstone

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsændˌstəʊn/    美 /ˈsændˌstoʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc. countable,uncountable
    — It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.

词形变化

sandstones plural

词源

From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).
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