volcano

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CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?volcanoes;

1. Vulcan ‐> Volcano.
2. 音似“我靠~No！”——火山爆發了，你邊跑邊喊“我靠~No！”；從詞源角度，“cano” 似“cannon-大炮”，“火山”像一個“大炮”

volcano 火山

來自拉丁語Vulcanus,羅馬火與鍛造之神，引申義火山。

volcano: volcano: [17] Volcanoes get their name from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. His name in Latin was Volcānus, and it was the Italian descendant of this, volcano, that was originally adapted as a term for ‘fire-emitting mountain’. English borrowed the word from Italian. Also commemorating Vulcan is the vulcanization [19] of rubber. The term appears to have been coined around 1845 by a certain Mr Brockedon, a friend of the English chemist Thomas Hancock (1786–1865), an early pioneer of the process. Latin Volcānus itself may be related to Cretan Welkhanoc, which came from Hittite Valhannasses.
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volcano (n.): 1610s, from Italian vulcano "burning mountain," from Latin Vulcanus "Vulcan," Roman god of fire, also "fire, flames, volcano" (see Vulcan). The name was first applied to Mt. Etna by the Romans, who believed it was the forge of Vulcan. Earlier form in English was volcan (1570s), from French.

2. The volcano erupted last year killing about 600 people.: 去年那座火山噴發致使約600人遇難。

3. Rainfall had dislodged debris from the slopes of the volcano.: 雨水沖走了火山坡面上的巖屑。

4. The volcano spewed out more scorching volcanic ashes, gases and rocks.: 火山噴出更多灼熱的火山灰、氣體和巖塊。

5. The volcano threw new showers of magma and ash into the air.: 火山又向空中噴出了巖漿和火山灰。