托福聽力測驗 地質學(Geography)相關單字(2)
1) lower reaches 下游
2) tributary (N.) 支流
3) spring (N.) 春天;彈簧;泉( a placewhere water naturally flows out from the ground )
4) fountain (N.) 泉水;(尤指具有裝飾效果的)噴泉( a stream of water that is forced up into the air through asmall hole, especially for decorative effect, or the structurein a lake or pool from which this flows )
5) iceberg (N.) 冰山
6) riverbed 河床
7) gulf (N.) 不可逾越的鴻溝;海灣( a very large area of sea surrounded on three sidesby a coast )
8) bay (N./ V.) (狗或狼)吠;月桂樹;間隔區;海灣( a part of the coast where the land curves in so that thesea is surrounded by land on three sides )
9) waterfall (N.) 瀑布
10) cascade (N./ V.) 小瀑布(常指瀑布群的分支);大量傾洩
11) reef (N.) 暗礁
12) tide (N.) 潮水;潮汐;趨勢
13) torrent (N.)狂潮;洪流
14) tropical (Adj.) 熱帶的;(天氣)濕熱的
15) coral island 珊瑚島
16) islet 小島
17) peninsula (N.) 半島
18) archipelago (N.) 群島;群島周圍的海域
19) delta (N.) 三角洲
20) landlocked area 內陸
21) inland waterway 內陸河
22) subcontinent (N.) 次大陸
23) cliff (N.)(常指海岸的)懸崖
24) valley (N.) 山谷
25)hillside (N.) (小山的)山坡
26) mountain slope 山坡
27) continental shelf 大陸架
28) canyon (N.) 峽谷 ( a large valley with very steep sides and usually a riverflowing along the bottom )
29) gorge (N.) (通常指河流沖刷而成的)峽谷 ( a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually formed by a river or stream cutting through hard rock )
30) channel (N. / V.) 電視台;(水或其他液體流通的)渠道;航道;手段;引導
31) strait (N.) 海峽;(尤指財務問體導致的)困境
32) remote-sensing 遙感(遙控探測)
33) terrestrial (Adj.) 地球的;陸地上的;(動物)陸生的
34) terrestrial heat 地熱
35) geothermal (Adj.) 地熱的
36) terrestrial magnetism 地磁
37) continental drift 大陸漂移學
38) sea-floor spreading 海床擴展
39) evaporation 蒸發
40) salinity 含鹽度
41) ocean bottom 海床
42) sediment 沉積物
43) temperate (Adj.) 溫帶的;有節制的
44) frigid (Adj.) 寒帶的
45) frost heaving 凍脹現像
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