weathering

英 [ˈweðərɪŋ]

美 [ˈweðərɪŋ]

n.  (岩石的)风化
v.  (因受风吹、日晒、雨淋等，使)退色，变色，变形; 经受住，平安地渡过(困难)
weather的现在分词

现在分词：weathering　

TOEFL化学

BNC.13310 / COCA.24103

牛津词典

noun

• （岩石的）风化
  the action of sun, rain or wind on rocks, making them change shape or colour

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 天气
  Theweatheris the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy.
  1. The weather was bad...
     天气很糟。
  2. I like cold weather...
     我喜欢冷天。
  3. Fishing is possible in virtually any weather.
     几乎任何天气里都可以钓鱼。
  4. ...the weather conditions.
     天气情况
• V-ERG (使)风化;(使)褪色;(使)受到侵蚀
  If something such as wood or rockweathersoris weathered, it changes colour or shape as a result of the wind, sun, rain, or cold.
  1. Unpainted wooden furniture weathers to a grey colour...
     没有上漆的木制家具会褪成灰色。
  2. This rock has been weathered and eroded.
     这块岩石经风吹日晒已被侵蚀。
• 这家公司从经济萧条中挺了过来。 → see:The company has weathered the recession...
• PHRASE 警惕;密切注意；留心观察
  If youkeep a weather eye onsomeone or something, you stay alert so that you will notice if anything unpleasant happens.
  1. Street committees keep a weather eye on the families in their district.
     街道委员会留意所辖区域内的家家户户。
• PHRASE 夸大…的困难；对…小题大做
  If you say that someoneis making heavy weather ofa task, you are critical of them because they are doing it in an inefficient way and are making it seem more difficult than it really is.
  1. Some of the riders in this section made heavy weather of the cross-country race.
     这个环节的部分骑手夸大了这场越野比赛的困难。
• PHRASE 身体不适;微恙
  If you say that you areunder the weather, you mean that you feel slightly ill.
  1. I was still feeling a bit under the weather.
     我仍觉得身体有些不舒服。

双语例句

• Rock weathering, wore grain and dissolved ion provide the glaze formation with material sources.
  岩石风化、磨损的粒子和溶解的离子为硅膜的形成提共了物质来源。
• The types of reservoirs main include base rock weathering crust, sandstone, tuffaceous sandstone and conglomerate.
  岩屑长石砂岩质杂砂岩储层类型主要包括基岩风化壳、岩、灰质砂岩和砾岩。
• The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action.
  土壤首先是被种植其中的作物消耗掉，其次受自然风化和细菌活动的侵蚀。
• Constraints on Silicate Weathering Rates in Different Settings: Climatic or Tectonic?
  不同构造带硅酸盐化学风化率的制约：气候还是构造？
• Weathering of rock is essentially a static process.
  岩石的风化作用基本上是一种静力作用。
• At the same time, our leaching experiments indicated that weathering in studying region is actually natural leaching process.
  酸淋溶试验同时也反映出研究区的风化作用实质上是一种天然的酸淋溶作用。
• These will be provided some valuable references to control the weathering and erosion of rock slope in engineering.
  这些将为工程上治理岩石边坡的风化与侵蚀作用提供有价值的参考。
• The changes of the temperature and water in rock are mainly reasons of weathering, especially cycles of freeze-thaw.
  温度和水分的变化是引起岩石风化的主要原因之一，尤其是循环冻融更易使岩石风化。
• The effects of weathering can be simulated in the laboratory.
  在实验室里可以模拟各种天气产生的影响。
• The study on rock weathering attracts attention of geomorphologists, geologists and geotechnical engineers.
  岩石风化的研究一直受到地貌学家、地质学家和岩土工程学家的关注。