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subduction/səbˈdʌkʃ(ə)n/n. Geol. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate 【地质】潜没(指一个地壳板块下降到另一板块之下的运动) subduction zone 潜没区 □ subduct v. tr. & intr.[Latin subduct-, stem of subucere, from SUB- + ducere ‘lead, bring’] |