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n.火山
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volcano


/vɒl'keɪnəʊ; vɑl`keno/ n (pl ~es) mountain or hill with an opening or openings through which lava, cinders, gases, etc come up from below the earth's surface (an active volcano), may come up after an interval (a dormant volcano), or have ceased to come up (an extinct volcano) 火山(an active volcano为活火山, a dormant volcano为休眠火山, an extinct volcano为死火山). =>illus 见插图.

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[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian;Origin: vulcano, from Latin Vulcanus 'Vulcan']
a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=very hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out
 Pompeii was destroyed when the volcano erupted in 79AD.
active volcano
(=one that may explode at any time)
dormant volcano
(=one that is not active at the moment)
extinct volcano
(=one that is no longer active at all)
1. The volcano is in eruption.
    火山正在喷发。

2. Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently.
    当火山正在猛烈地喷发时,塔捷耶夫有办法把帐篷搭在离它非常近的地方。

3. Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long.
    尽管他设法拍了一些十分精彩的照片,但他却不能在火山附近停留太长的时间。

4. He waited until the volcano became quiet and he was able to return two days later.
    他等到火山平静下来,两天以后又返回去。

5. Vesuvius is a volcano.
    维苏威山是一座火山。

6. Many schools have started conflict resolution programs to calm tensions that otherwise can build up like a volcano preparing to explode, ultimately resulting in physical violence.
    许多学校都已经启动了化解冲突的工作项目,以舒缓紧张形势,要不然它们就会像火山一样蓄势待发,最终导致侵犯人身的暴力行为。

7. In 1948, he went to lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro.
    1948 年他到刚果的基伍湖去观察一个新火山,后来他给这座火山起名为基图罗。

8. In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro.
    1948年他去了刚果的基伍湖,对一座后来被他命名为基图罗的新火山进行观察。

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