shale

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n.  页岩

复数：shales　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12996 / COCA.14985

牛津词典

noun

• 页岩
  a type of soft stone that splits easily into thin flat layers

柯林斯词典

• 页岩
  Shaleis smooth soft rock that breaks easily into thin layers.

英英释义

noun

• a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay

双语例句

• Mother rock types of provenance controlled the characteristics of chemical composition and types of ash component of oil shale.
  物源区母岩类型对油页岩的化学成分特征及灰分成分类型具有明显的控制关系；
• The new process extracts oil from shale.
  这一新方法用于从页岩油里提炼出石油。
• We will strengthen exploration, exploitation and utilization of natural gas, coal seam gas and shale gas.
  加强天然气、煤层气、页岩气勘探开采与应用。
• The volcanic eruption of the catastrophic event terminated the mineralization of the oil shale.
  火山喷发的灾变事件终止了油页岩的成矿作用。
• The process of potassium extraction from potassium-rich shale is studied by high pressure hydrothermal method.
  实验主要研究了利用高压水热法在助剂作用下富钾页岩的提钾过程。
• A black or dark brown shale containing hydrocarbons that yield petroleum by distillation.
  一种黑色或深褐色的页岩，含有碳氢化合物，通过提炼可产石油。
• The limestone, sandstone and shale of this area were soft.
  这个地区的灰岩、砂岩和页岩都是很柔软的。
• Thin layers of sandy shale, and carbonaceous fragments are locally present.
  局部出现砂质页岩薄层和碳质碎屑。
• Shale gas deposits lie much deeper in China than in the United States, which greatly increases drilling costs.
  在中国，页岩气储备的埋藏位置要比美国深得多，大大增加了开采成本。
• We can extract oil from shale.
  我们可以从页岩中提取石油。