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单词 graben
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Definition of graben in English:

graben

nounPlural grabens ˈɡrɑːb(ə)nˈɡrɑbən
Geology
  • An elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults and displaced downwards relative to the blocks on either side, as in a rift valley.

    〔地质〕地堑

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fault discovered by the team begins near the Swiss Jura mountains south of Basel and extends nearly five miles northeasterly through the Rhine graben, a valley near the city's southern edge.
    • These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks.
    • The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben.
    • A graben is a down-dropped block of the crust resulting from extension, or pulling, of the crust.
    • Earlier workers typically regarded the Messaras basin as a simple east-west-trending graben.

Origin

Late 19th century: from German Graben 'a ditch'.

Rhymes

carbon, chlorofluorocarbon, hydrocarbon, Laban, radiocarbon

Definition of graben in US English:

graben

nounˈɡrɑbənˈɡräbən
Geology
  • An elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults and displaced downward relative to the blocks on either side, as in a rift valley.

    〔地质〕地堑

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben.
    • Earlier workers typically regarded the Messaras basin as a simple east-west-trending graben.
    • The fault discovered by the team begins near the Swiss Jura mountains south of Basel and extends nearly five miles northeasterly through the Rhine graben, a valley near the city's southern edge.
    • These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks.
    • A graben is a down-dropped block of the crust resulting from extension, or pulling, of the crust.

Origin

Late 19th century: from German Graben ‘a ditch’.

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