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erosion
n. 腐蚀,侵蚀

词形变化:

形容词:erosional 副词:ero-sionally

例句与用法:

  1. A hole or worn spot made by abrasion or erosion.
    侵蚀处由于侵蚀或磨擦形成的洞或破处
  2. A closely woven mat of brush and poles used to protect an embankment, a dike, or a dam from erosion.
    (用以护堤、坝等的)柴排,沉排,沉床荆棘和杆子的密织席,用于保护堤、坝,使不受侵蚀
  3. They had to face the steady erosion of the president's credibility.
    他们不得不面对总统的威信日渐丧失的局面。
  4. The erosion of the coastline by the sea was ignored by people.
    海水对海岸的冲刷被人们忽视了。

英英解释:

名词 erosion:

  1. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
  2. 同义词:eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away
  3. condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
  4. a gradual decline of something
  5. erosion by chemical action
  6. 同义词:corrosion, corroding