igneous

英 [ˈɪɡniəs]

美 [ˈɪɡniəs]

adj.  火成的(尤指火山喷出的)

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BNC.26408 / COCA.35283

牛津词典

adj.

• 火成的（尤指火山喷出的）
  formed when magma (= melted or liquid material lying below the earth's surface) becomes solid, especially after it has poured out of a volcano

柯林斯词典

• (岩石)火成的
  In geology,igneousrocks are rocks that were once so hot that they were liquid.

英英释义

adj

• like or suggestive of fire
  1. a fiery desert wind
  2. an igneous desert atmosphere
  Synonym:fiery
• produced by the action of fire or intense heat
  1. rocks formed by igneous agents
  Synonym:eruptive
• produced under conditions involving intense heat
  1. igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten stat
  2. igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone
  3. pyrogenic strata
  Synonym:pyrogenicpyrogenous

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