crater

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cra·ter /ˈkreɪtə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1  DNa round hole in the ground made by something that has fallen on it or by an explosion 〔物体坠落、炸弹爆炸等在地上造成的〕坑 craters on the Moon’s surface 月球表面的坑► see thesaurus at hole →4  See picture of 见图 hole2. HEthe round open top of a volcano 火山口 →4  See picture of 见图 VOLCANO →5 see picture at 见图 volcano

Examples from the Corpus

crater• The meteor left a crater over five miles wide.• bomb craters• This basin, called the Chicxulub crater, formed on the continental shelf in shallow water.• When the bomb exploded it left a huge crater in the ground.• Venus has been excluded because of the paucity of information about impact craters on its surface.• Such a resolution would also establish whether impact craters and volcanoes exist.• They look, instead, like craters made by explosions in mud or wet sand, surrounded by aprons of ejected muck.• All of the various topographic features observed in lunar craters indicates their impact origin.• Some smooth plains consist of infill in some medium sized craters.• He said it the first time standing beside the crater at the U. P. Fonseca where the motorbike had been blown up.• Long chains of tiny craters on Phobos suggest the drainage of regolith into deep cracks that riddle its interior.Origin crater (1600-1700) Latin “bowl for mixing things, crater”, from Greek krater, from kerannynai “to mix”

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crater
cra‧ter /ˈkreɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. a round hole in the ground made by something that has fallen on it or by an explosion:
    craters on the moon’s surface
2. the round open top of a volcano
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ hole an empty space in the surface of something, which sometimes goes all the way through it: A fox had dug a hole under our fence. | Rain was coming in through a hole in the roof.
   ▪ space an empty area between two things, into which you can put something: Are there any empty spaces on the bookshelf? | a parking space
   ▪ gap an empty area between two things or two parts of something, especially one that should not be there: He has a gap between his two front teeth. | I squeezed through a gap in the hedge.
   ▪ opening a hole that something can pass through or that you can see through, especially at the entrance of something: The train disappeared into the dark opening of the tunnel. | I looked through the narrow opening in the wall.
   ▪ leak a small hole where something has been damaged or broken that lets liquid or gas flow in or out: a leak in the pipe | The plumber's coming to repair the leak.
   ▪ puncture especially British English a small hole in a tyre through which air escapes: My bike's got a puncture.
   ▪ crack a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something: The snake slid into a crack in the rock. | She was peering through the crack in the curtains.
   ▪ slot a straight narrow hole that you put a particular type of object into: You have to put a coin in the slot before you dial the number. | A small disk fits into a slot in the camera.
   ▪ crater a round hole in the ground made by an explosion or by a large object hitting it hard: a volcanic crater | The meteor left a crater over five miles wide. | the craters on the moon

craterBrE /ˈkreɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkreɪtər/ 🔊 nouna large hole in the top of a volcano 火山口a large hole in the ground caused by the explosion of a bomb or by sth large hitting it （由炸弹爆炸或巨物撞击形成的）坑◆a meteorite crater陨石坑