rusticles

rusticles

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• 网络柱状铁锈

词形变化

复数：rusticles  

英汉解释

n.	1. a long structure formed as iron rusts underwater, consisting of iron compounds produced as waste by a complex community of microorganisms that use the rusting metal as a source of food

例句

Visitors have removed artifacts, and the hull is festooned with rusticles: icicle-shaped accretions of iron oxide, otherwise known as rust.

工艺品被移走后，发现船体上结满了一团团的锈：冰柱般的铁氧化物，不像是已知的铁锈。