subduct

英 [səb'dʌkt] 美
  • vt. 除去;减去;取回
  • vi. 下拉;撤去

英文词源


subduct (v.)
1570s, "subtract," from Latin subductus, past participle of subducere "to draw away, take away" (see subduce). Geological sense is from 1971, a back-formation from subduction. Related: Subducted; subducting.

双语例句


1. The border between the N American and Eurasian Plates does not subduct.
北美板块和欧亚板块之间的边界地区不会俯冲潜没,也不会滑动.

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