单词limestone
n.: 石灰岩
网络: 石灰石；石粉；石灰石粉
石灰岩:
a type of white stone that contains calcium , used in building and in making cement
〔地〕灰岩
石灰岩,石灰石
复数：limestones
I might have got good limestone within a mile or two and burned it myself, if I had cared to do so.
如果我高兴的话，也许我会走一两英里路，找到很好的石灰石，自己动手来烧石灰。
Though it is actually gray-blue limestone, the surface of the cliff has been stained to a sunset hue by iron salts washing out of the rocks.
虽然它实际上是灰蓝色的石灰石，但是从岩石里渗出的铁盐却把悬崖表面染成了晚霞般的色彩。
His necropolis also included the Sphinx, a mysterious limestone monument with the body of a lion and a pharaoh"s head.
他的金字塔前卧着谜一样的斯芬克斯像，这座石灰石像长着法老的头颅和雄狮的身躯。
To make a lithograph the artist draws with a special waxy crayon onto a fine-grained limestone block or a specially grained zinc plate.
使随即艺术家以一种特殊的吸引到一个细糯蜡笔或特殊粒石灰岩块锌板。
He longed so much to be a sculptor he would steal limestone from abandoned buildings because he was too poor to buy his own materials.
他极渴望成为一名雕刻家，经常从废弃的建筑物里偷取石灰石，因为他太穷，买不起这些材料。
Compared with that of limestone, the properties of siliceous material will have more influence on the burnability of raw meal.
与石灰石相比，硅质原料性质对生料易烧性影响更大。
The surface of his pyramid used to shine with smooth white limestone, and its top came to a sharp point.
以前，大金字塔表面光滑的白石灰石非常耀眼，塔的顶端很尖。
"There may be limestone thousands of meters beneath the city, but not hundreds of meters, " he said.
“石灰岩或许存在于城市下方数千米，却不是几百米处，”他说。
As she walked the site, she trailed her hands along the white and beige limestone blocks of the temple"s enclosure.
她一边走一边用手抚摸着神庙围墙白色和浅褐色的石灰岩石块。
The limestone absorb impurity from the ore and form a fluid slag which floats on the surface of the heavier molten iron.
石灰石吸咐了铁矿石中的杂质，形成浮在较重的铁水表面上的流动渣。