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单词 tar ball
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Definition of tar ball in English:

tar ball

noun
  • A lump of solidified crude oil found in or on the sea, or washed up on shore.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also in Mississippi, tar balls have been found on the beaches of Hancock County.
    • You're going to see tar balls near the water.
    • I was speaking to the mayor of Long Beach where they saw tar balls several days ago.
    • Oil and tar balls have washed ashore four states now from Mississippi to Florida.
    • Every day they have to clean off tar balls from the beach then you have this problem with the oil in the marshes.
    • There really hasn't been anything in terms of any sheen on the coastline here; they haven't had a single tar ball.
    • Tar balls now giving way to heavy crude oil on Louisiana's coastline.
    • Still yet the heavier stuff like tar balls may have sunk, according to Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium professor Paul Sammarco.
    • Over the weekend, isolated tar balls had washed ashore on nearby Dauphin Island, interrupting a busy beach holiday.
    • We have crews actively looking and walking the shoreline each day, looking for the tar ball or the sheen and oil.
    • The oily muck and tar balls littering the shore could spell disaster for the tourist hot spot.
    • And tar balls keep washing up on Gulf beaches, cutting deep into tourism.
    • Of course, locals are nervous regardless of whether the tar balls washed up.
    • US authorities estimated the oil from the Gulf spill could push "tar balls" into the Mississippi river.
    • Oil stains and tar balls cover what was just a few weeks ago pristine white sand.
    • Oil is no longer washing up along the shore but Gulf residents say tar balls can still be found in ankle deep waters.

Definition of tar ball in US English:

tar ball

noun
  • A lump of solidified crude oil found in or on the sea, or washed up on shore.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Over the weekend, isolated tar balls had washed ashore on nearby Dauphin Island, interrupting a busy beach holiday.
    • And tar balls keep washing up on Gulf beaches, cutting deep into tourism.
    • Oil stains and tar balls cover what was just a few weeks ago pristine white sand.
    • Every day they have to clean off tar balls from the beach then you have this problem with the oil in the marshes.
    • There really hasn't been anything in terms of any sheen on the coastline here; they haven't had a single tar ball.
    • I was speaking to the mayor of Long Beach where they saw tar balls several days ago.
    • The oily muck and tar balls littering the shore could spell disaster for the tourist hot spot.
    • Oil and tar balls have washed ashore four states now from Mississippi to Florida.
    • Tar balls now giving way to heavy crude oil on Louisiana's coastline.
    • Of course, locals are nervous regardless of whether the tar balls washed up.
    • US authorities estimated the oil from the Gulf spill could push "tar balls" into the Mississippi river.
    • Still yet the heavier stuff like tar balls may have sunk, according to Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium professor Paul Sammarco.
    • Oil is no longer washing up along the shore but Gulf residents say tar balls can still be found in ankle deep waters.
    • Also in Mississippi, tar balls have been found on the beaches of Hancock County.
    • You're going to see tar balls near the water.
    • We have crews actively looking and walking the shoreline each day, looking for the tar ball or the sheen and oil.
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