la·va
noun/ˈlɑːvə/
/ˈlɑːvə/
[uncountable]- hot liquid rock that comes out of a volcano
enlarge image（火山喷出的）熔岩，岩浆 - molten lava
熔化的火山岩浆
- molten lava
- this type of rock when it has cooled and become hard
火山岩
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Italian (Neapolitan dialect), denoting the lava stream from Vesuvius (an active volcano near Naples in Italy), but originally denoting a stream caused by sudden rain, from lavare ‘to wash’, from Latin.