volcano
volcano — 名詞
- volcanosingular
- volcanoesplural
1. a mountain or hill with an opening in the earth's surface. Very hot liquid rock
火山
岩漿與火山灰從地底噴出形成的山
a mountain or hill with an opening in the earth's surface. Very hot liquid rock (called magma underground and lava on the surface), together with ash and gases, can rise from deep inside the earth and shoot out through this opening.
Mount Fuji in Japan is a volcano that has not erupted since 1707.
日本的富士山是一座火山，自 1707 年以來就未曾噴發過。
collocation: active volcano / dormant volcano
Hot ash from the volcano buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.
火山噴出的滾燙火山灰掩埋了古羅馬城市龐貝。
The volcano showed clear warning signs before its major eruption last year.
這座火山在去年大噴發之前，出現了明顯的預警跡象。
collocation: warning signs / major eruption
Sana's science project included a hand-drawn diagram of an erupting volcano.
Sana 的自然科作業附了一張手繪的火山噴發圖。
collocation: erupting volcano
That tropical island chain was formed entirely by ancient underwater volcanoes.
那條熱帶群島鏈完全是由古老的海底火山所形成的。
collocation: underwater volcano
- active volcano
- dormant volcano
- extinct volcano
- volcano erupts
- volcanic eruption
- underwater volcano
- erupting volcano
- the mouth of the volcano
文法句型
a/the + volcano
volcano + verb (erupts/formed)
用法筆記
Volcanoes are often described by their activity level: an active volcano has erupted in recorded history; a dormant volcano has not erupted for a long time but could again; an extinct volcano will never erupt again. A figurative use — for example, 'a political volcano' or 'a volcano of emotion' — describes a situation that is unstable and could suddenly become dangerous or violent. This figurative meaning is common in journalism and literature but is not treated as a separate dictionary sense.
常見錯誤
同根字
- volcanic形容詞B2
- volcanically副詞C1
- volcanologist名詞C1