crater
crater
noun
noun
- a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or a planet, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite or other celestial body
（多由陨星或其他天体爆炸或撞击形成的）陨石坑；坑洞
■a large pit or hollow forming the mouth of a volcano
火山口
■a cavity or hole in any surface
坑；洞 - a large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine
（古希腊人的）酒碗
- [with obj.]form a crater in (the ground or a planet)
（在地面或行星上）形成坑洞
pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways.
飞行员驾机返回机场，将跑道撞出了坑洞。
[as adj. cratered]the heavily cratered areas of the moon.
月球上坑坑洼洼的地方。
- early 17th cent. (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr 'mixing-bowl', from krasis 'mixture'
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