downthrow

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Defeat; ruin.
    — These continued, led to the downthrow of the Russian expedition. The French, however, nothing daunted, pushed on, and arrived near Moscow […]
  2. A depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault.
    — The geology at the site is mainly sandstone and shale overlaid with boulder clay, and is extremely confused. The ground is badly faulted, and at Micklam [Point], near Whitehaven, there is a downthrow of 480 ft.

词形变化

downthrows plural

词汇关系

相关词
downthrown

词源

From down + throw.
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