shale

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美 [ʃeɪl]

n.  页岩

复数：shales　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12996 / COCA.14985

牛津词典

noun

• 页岩
  a type of soft stone that splits easily into thin flat layers

柯林斯词典

• 页岩
  Shaleis smooth soft rock that breaks easily into thin layers.

英英释义

noun

• a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay

双语例句

• A black or dark brown shale containing hydrocarbons that yield petroleum by distillation.
  一种黑色或深褐色的页岩，含有碳氢化合物，通过提炼可产石油。
• Shale gas deposits lie much deeper in China than in the United States, which greatly increases drilling costs.
  在中国，页岩气储备的埋藏位置要比美国深得多，大大增加了开采成本。
• We will strengthen exploration, exploitation and utilization of natural gas, coal seam gas and shale gas.
  加强天然气、煤层气、页岩气勘探开采与应用。
• The age equivalence of fossils found in the sandstone and the shale is thus demonstrated.
  发现于砂岩和页岩中化石的等时性就这样得到证明了。
• The heat contained in stack gas exceeds that required for drying raw oil shale.
  烟道气所含的热量超过了干燥油母页岩所需热量。
• These mechanisms exclude or minimize flows between spaces filled respectively with stack gases and oil shale pyrolysis products.
  这些装置不包括或将分别充满烟道气和油母页岩热解产品的空间之间的流动降至最低。
• The research results can guide the design and selection of roller screen shale shaker.
  研究结果可指导筒式网振动筛设计和选择。
• Shale instability while drilling is a grand problem of hindering the development of drilling technology.
  钻井中的泥页岩稳定问题是影响钻井技术发展的重大问题。
• Most obviously, shale oil and gas will reduce dependency on Middle East petrocarbons.
  最明显的是，页岩油和页岩气将减轻美国对中东的依赖。
• Oil companies Sinopec and PetroChina have vowed to meet centrally-set targets for shale gas production despite disappointing initial results.
  尽管初步结果令人失望，但石油企业中石化（Sinopec）和中石油（PetroChina）已誓言实现中央设定的页岩气生产目标。