词汇 | guyot |
释义 | guyot noun[ C ] geology specializeduk /ˈɡiː.əʊ/ us /ˈɡiː.oʊ/ a mountain under the sea with a flat top: 海底平顶山,平顶海山 Guyots are considered to be the remains of sunken islands or oceanic banks. 海底平顶山被认为是沉没岛屿或海岸的遗迹。 Synonym tablemount Compare seamount Guyots are most commonly found in the Pacific Ocean. While serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II, he was the first to report the existence of the truncated seamounts known as guyots. The Great Meteor Tablemount is a guyot standing at over 4,000 metres. Some of these rise above sea level, but the vast majority are submarine features known as seamounts, or if they are flat-topped, guyots. Geography: hills & mountains acclivity alpine tundra craggy esker highlands hillock mesa mid-ocean ridge motte Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Rainier pike precipitous scarp slope spur steep the Adirondack Mountains the Alaska Range the Alps You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Seas & oceans Examples of guyotguyot Guyot has recently started to appear in theater productions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The vines are generally trained in either single or double guyot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The volcano has a flat-topped summit (thus making it a guyot) rising about 3000mft -3 above the seabed, to 24mft 0 below sea level. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The limestone cliffs, some 60 metres in height, of the guyot and the rest of the island are covered in dense tropical jungle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Further subsidence causes the volcano to sink below the sea surface, becoming a seamount and/or a guyot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To technically be considered a guyot or tablemount, they must stand at least 3000 ft (900 m) tall. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Guyot remains sharply etched in my memory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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