lava that hardened in rounded shapes suggestive of pillows; believed to result from underwater eruptions
双语例句
1
Pillowlavas form when molten rock is pushed up onto the seafloor at a very slow rate.
枕状熔岩是岩浆被缓缓推积至海底时形成的。
2
There are lots of pillowlavas here too, prompting Sinton to form a hypothesis: perhaps the seamounts in this region formed from the same volcanic eruption, made up of many flows?
看到这里大量的枕状熔岩,辛顿立刻产生一个假设:也许该区域的海山都形成自同一次火山喷发的多条岩浆流?
3
Peering through the porthole stationed on the port (left) side of the sub, it appears to Sinton that the 350-foot-high seamount is covered in pillowlavas with very little sediment cover.