英文单词:accretionary prism

中文含义:挤压积聚体

英语词性:noun

美式发音:əˈkriʃənˌɛri prɪzəm

同义词:accretionary wedge

易混淆单词:accretion disk

双语例句:

The accretionary prism is composed of marine sediments scraped off the downgoing tectonic plate and deposited onto the overriding plate.

挤压积聚体是由下沉构造板块上刮下来的海洋沉积物组成的,并沉积在上覆板块上。

When the plates collide, their edges crumple to form a large “accretionary prism” of rock and other debris that’s scraped off the descending plate.

当板块碰撞时,它们的边缘会褶皱形成一个大的岩石和其他碎屑的“挤压积聚体”,被刮下来的下沉板块。