proppant

名词 n.
/ˈpɹɒpənt/    /ˈpɹɑpənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Sand or similar particulate material suspended in water or other fluid and used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to keep fissures open.
    — The use of resin coated proppants is an area that should increase the chance of success of fracturing for sand control by eliminating the chance for proppant to flow out of the fracture.

词形变化

proppants plural

词源

Etymology tree
English prop
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English proppant
From prop + -ant.
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