sinkholes

sinkholes

美 　英

• n.【地】灰巖坑；落水洞；陰溝口；污水池
• 網絡灰巖洞；落水坑

詞形變化

復數：sinkholes  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【地】灰巖坑;落水洞 2. 陰溝口;污水池;吸塵孔 3. 藏垢納污之所

英英解釋

n.	1. a natural depression in the land surface, especially in limestone, where a stream flows underground into a passage or cave 2. a sunken area where waste collects

例句

That this stress is increasing can be seen by the number of sinkholes and collapsing houses in the Seaway stretch zone.

這個壓力的增長可以從地陷的數量和河道的拉伸區域中房屋的倒塌看出來。

Doctor said that sinkholes are created when the ground collapses into a void beneath the surface.

多科特說，地陷是由地表陷入地下空洞造成的。

All of this little blue dots freckled up and down the state of Florida are past instances of sinkholes.

所有這些向上和向下的小藍點在佛羅里達州是過去的天坑實例。

Acidic water dissolves layers of limestone at the surface of the ground, resulting in shallow sinkholes or towering rock columns.

酸性的水對地表石灰層的逐漸侵蝕，有時腐蝕出淺顯的巖坑，有時雕筑出高聳的巖柱。

In other words, if the area is in a stretch zone then crevasses or sinkholes or dropping ground can occur.

換句話說，如果這個區域是延伸的區域，那么裂縫或者排水口，又或者下陷的地面就會出現。

At Mammoth Cave, rainfall is distributed throughout the year, so sinkholes are shallower.

而在猛犸洞國家公園，雨量一年四季平均分布，因此灰巖坑較淺。

Sinkholes and shifting roadways are occurring from Pennsylvania through Tennessee and elsewhere.

從賓夕法尼亞到田納西和別處，地陷和道路移位正在發生。

Another way sinkholes can form is if water enlarges a natural fracture in a limestone bedrock layer.

另一種落水洞形成的方式是水擴大了石灰巖基巖層的斷層。

As with sinkholes and heaving and broken pavement, these are issues the establishment wants to keep from the general public.

天坑，路面裂縫和破裂越來越多，當局想要向大眾隱瞞這些事實。

Sinkholes form over the voids, but what of the points of pressure?

天坑在空洞上方形成，但壓力點是什么呢？

It is believed the sinkholes, several hundred meters underground, were formed millions of years ago by some unusual geological movements.

這種位于地下幾百米處的灰巖洞（sinkholes）被認為是數百萬年前的不尋常的地質運動造成的。

Why are earthquakes increasing, and sinkholes appearing, and odd cloud patterns?

為什么地震在增加？天坑頻現？云的樣子那么古怪？

Sometimes sinkholes are smaller, they might cause the ground to sag or cause a small pound form.

有時天坑較小，這可能會導致地面下陷或造成一個小部分塌陷。

Florida actually gets a lot of sinkholes, that's because the ground across a lot of the state is made of limestone, a sedimentary rock.

佛羅里達實際上有很多這樣的天坑，這是因為許多州的地面由石灰巖、沉積巖組成。

Sinkholes do not develop because the water table is rising.

地陷不會因為水位的上升而增加。

The sinkholes in the economy should be obvious.

經濟運行中的負面因素多。

Because of the bow stress on the N American Plate, more than sinkholes and hums in the stretch zones will be occurring.

由于北美板塊的弓形壓力，拉伸區域將不僅僅會出天坑和嗡嗡聲。

Sinkholes, poisonous gases. You couldn't play outside.

你不能在外面游玩，到處都是灰巖坑，有毒氣體。

More than 2, 500 sinkholes now line the shores of the Dead Sea.

在死海沿岸已經有超過2500個陷坑。

Nick Valencia explains how that can lead to the sinkholes.

尼克·瓦倫西亞會為您解釋天坑的成因。

Sinkholes have sudden developed in Qujiang and Heyuan, up the coast from Hong Kong.

在香港開始海岸線向上，曲江和河源突然出現了地陷。

Prediction Model for Sinkholes along Railways

鐵路沿線巖溶塌陷預測模型

sinkholes in coal mining areas

采煤沉陷區