solfatara

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.
    — Under these solfataras, (which, at each eruption from the volcano, emitted greater quantities of hot steams) are several hot wells, close to the high-water mark, which, however, seem not to be in the least sulphureous.

词形变化

solfataras plural solfatare plural

词源

From Italian solfatara (“a place where to find sulphates”),
from solfato (“sulphate”) + -ara (“suffix that forms place nouns”). More at Italian zolfo (“sulphur”). Itself the name of Solfatara, a volcano near Naples. Compare Sicilian surfatara.
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