shale

Word family adjectiveshalynounshale

Related topics: Geology

shale /ʃeɪl/ noun [uncountableU]

HEGa smooth soft rock which breaks easily into thin flat pieces 页岩

Examples from the Corpus

shale• The track ran parallel to the South Coast Expressway, through land that was flat, a wasteground of weeds and shale.• Its sides were neither high nor sheer, just slopes of black shale rising no more than fifty feet.• This indicates the sandstones can be over 30 m thick and are separated by well-defined shale beds.• The buried forests became seams of coal and the strata of mud and sand hardened into shale and sandstone.• Bring on those sheets of jagged shale, for at least they are firm!• It was a telltale sign that water was seeping through the canyon walls, softening the mica shale and conglomerate abutment.• Quite simply because men must shale Parenting if women are to lead full lives.• It would only have needed one postponement at the school's shale pitch to have wrecked Errol's big opportunity!

Origin shale

Old English scealu “shell, scale”

单词	shale
释义	shale Word family adjectiveshalynounshale Related topics: Geology shale /ʃeɪl/ noun [uncountableU] HEGa smooth soft rock which breaks easily into thin flat pieces 页岩 Examples from the Corpus shale• The track ran parallel to the South Coast Expressway, through land that was flat, a wasteground of weeds and shale.• Its sides were neither high nor sheer, just slopes of black shale rising no more than fifty feet.• This indicates the sandstones can be over 30 m thick and are separated by well-defined shale beds.• The buried forests became seams of coal and the strata of mud and sand hardened into shale and sandstone.• Bring on those sheets of jagged shale, for at least they are firm!• It was a telltale sign that water was seeping through the canyon walls, softening the mica shale and conglomerate abutment.• Quite simply because men must shale Parenting if women are to lead full lives.• It would only have needed one postponement at the school's shale pitch to have wrecked Errol's big opportunity! Origin shale Old English scealu “shell, scale”
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