sandstone
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 沙岩
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 sandston
- 继承自 ←古英语 *sandstān
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *sandastain “sandstone, chisel, gravel”
词源说明
From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.