托福阅读场景词汇：地质类英语词汇三节【新航道原创】
地质 泛指地球的性质和特征。主要是指地球的物质组成、结构、构造、发育历史等，包括地球的圈层分异、物理性质、化学性质、岩石性质、矿物成分、岩层和岩体的产出状态、接触关系，地球的构造发育史、生物进化史、气候变迁史，以及矿产资源的赋存状况和分布规律等。看到地质定义，同学们可能会觉得地质相关的英语词汇会比较难，实事上也是这样的，为了帮助大家的托福阅读考试，小编特汇总了托福阅读中常用到的地质词汇信息，下面来一起学习吧！
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地质类英语词汇（一）
地质类英语词汇（二）
地质类英语词汇（三）
地质类英语词汇（四）
地质类英语词汇（五）
地质类英语词汇（六）
地质类英语词汇（七）
地质类英语词汇同义词替换
the Atlantic
释义。大西洋
例句，In 1969 he crossed the Atlantic in an Egyptian-style reed to prove Egyptian influences in the Americas.(TPO 5-2)
flood
释义. n.洪水:水实v(使)灌满水;淹没;泛滥
例句。Flooding shaped the outflow channels approximately 3 years ago, about the same times as the northern volcanic plains formed. (TPO 8-3)
Geography
释义。n. 地理(学);地形;地势
看有: They therefore permit the reconstruction of the process of Seafloor spreading, and consequently of the geography of continents and of ocean basins in the past. (TPO 27-2)
派生. geographical adj地理学的;地理的
iceberg
释义。n. 冰山
例句. lcebergs are massive blocks of ice, irregular in shape; they float with only about 12 percent of their mass above the sea surface. (OG 2-3)
lightning
释义. n. 闪电adj.闪电般的
例句.The result is a forked lightning that strikes the ground in two places. (TPO 18-3)
mine
释义.n.矿井v.(在某地)开矿， 采矿
例句. This scenario begins with the planting of hyper accumulating species in the target area, such as an abandoned mine or an irrigation pond contaminated by runoff.(TPO 5-1)
派生•miner n.矿工； 采矿者
crystal
释义• n.晶体；结晶；水晶
例句•Snowfalls as hexagonal crystals， but once on the ground，snow is soon transformed into a compacted mass of smaller，rounded grains.(TPO 15-3)
派生•crystalline adj.水晶制的； 结晶的
petroleum
释义•n.石油
例句•Petroleum is defined as a gaseous， liquid， and semisolid naturally occurring substance that consists chiefly of hydrocarbons.(TPO 43-2)
Sahara as..u
释义•n.撒哈拉沙漠
例句•The Sahara slowly became drier and lakes vanished.(TPO28-2)
underground
释义•n.撒哈拉沙漠
adj.地下的； 秘密的
例句•There is more than 50 times as much freshwater stored underground than in all the freshwater rivers and lakes at the surface.(TPO 28-1)
vapor
释义•n.水汽；水蒸气
例句•The gases that emanate from present-day volcanoes on Earth， such as Mount Saint Helens， are predominantly water vapor， carbon dioxide， and sulfur dioxide.(TPO 41-2)
basin
释义•n.盆地;流域
例句.Endogenous rivers often do not reach the sea but drain into inland basins, where the water evaporates or is lost in the ground.(TPO12-3)
dissolve
释义•v.(使)固体溶解；解除(婚姻关系)；溶解
例句•In addition， water heated geothermally can contain salts and toxic materials dissolved from the hot rock.(TPO 21-1)
geologist
释义•n.地质学家，地质学者
例句•Isotopic analysis of shells allowed geologists to measure another glacial effect.(TPO 19-3)
Humid
释义•adj.温暖潮湿的
例句•Properly speaking， tropical rainforests grow in high-rainfall equatorial areas that remain wet or humid all year round.(TPO14-2)
派生•humidity n.(空气中的) 湿度； 高温潮湿
carbonate
释义•n.碳酸盐
例句•In many marine creatures， however， the skeleton is composed of a mineral variety of calcium carbonate called aragonite. (TPO 20-3)
geothermal
释义•adj.地热的； 地温的
例句• By far the most abundant form of geothermal energy occurs at the relatively low temperatures of 80°to 180°centigrade.(TPO21-1)
mud
释义•n.泥；泥浆
例句•The earliest that of Eridu， about 4500B.C.E.， and Uruk， a thousand years later， center on impressive temple complexes built of mud brick.(TPO 26-3)
派生•muddy adj.泥泞的； 灰暗的V.使变得泥泞； 使浑浊
radiation
释义•n.辐射；放射物
例句•When conditions are hot， the ostrich erects them on its back，thus increasing the thickness of the barrier between solar radiation and the skin.(TPO 26-2)
equator
释义•n.赤道
例句•Three very large volcanoes are found on the Tharsis bulge， an enormous geologic area near Mars's equator.(TPO 25-1)
派生•equatorial ad.赤道的； 赤道附近的
obsidian
释义•n.黑曜石
例句• Their settlements contain exotic objects such as seashells，stone bowls， and artifacts made of obsidian(volcanic glass) ，all traded from a far.(TPO 20-2)
Tectonic
释义•adj.地壳构造的
例句•Allopatric speciation can also be brought by the imperceptibly slow but colossal movements of the tectonic plates that make up Earth's surface.(TPO 31-2)
Arid
释义•ad.干旱的；干燥的
例句• Groundwater commonly collects in stream drainages but may remain entirely beneath the surface of dry stream-beds in arid regions.(TPO 28-1)
派生•aridity n.干旱； 乏味
compound
释义•n.[化]化合物；场地；复合物
例句•These organic metabolites could， and probably do， include a number of different classes of organic compounds.(TPO 35-3)
episode
释义•n.事件；(小说的)片段；一集
例句• Over the last few decades， the term EI Nifio has come to be used to describe these exceptionally strong episodes and not the annual event.(TPO 43-3)
