Crater



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 火山口; 弹坑
• ［英］ n. 火山口 ( a bowl-shaped cavity) ; 弹坑 ( a pit made by an exploding bomb)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Latin, mixing bowl, crater, from Greek kratēr, from kerannynai to mix; akin to Sanskrit ?rī?āti he mixes
• Date: 1613
• 1.
  • a. the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano
  • b. a depression formed by an impact (as of a meteorite)
  • c. a hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or shell
• 2. an eroded lesion
• 3. a dimple in a painted surface
• ? craterlike adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1884
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to exhibit or form craters
  • 2. to fail or fall suddenly and dramatically ; collapse, crash <the deal cratered<cratering stock prices
• transitive verb
  • to form craters in

III. *variant of krater

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