Definition of desert pavement in English:

desert pavement

noun

Geology

A surface layer of closely packed or cemented pebbles, rock fragments, etc., from which fine material has been removed by the wind in arid regions.
〔地质〕漠盖层
Example sentencesExamples
- When this happens, the area that is affected in known as a desert pavement.
- On some of the surfaces high above the valley floors, delicate volcanic ash deposits, some as old as 13.6 million years, lie just beneath the desert pavement - the loose rock and gravel too heavy for the wind to have blown away.
- The stones in a desert pavement are usually about halfway embedded in the soil surface, with only their upper surfaces exposed, and are fairly tightly held in place.
- Low mounds of silty soil pocked the stony desert pavement like so many frost-heaved ‘boils’ in an Arctic coastal plain.
- Broad expanses of desert pavement, a delicate carpet of pebbles on which a footprint will remain for decades, often detour us.

Definition of desert pavement in US English:

desert pavement

nounˌdezərt ˈpāvmənt

Geology

A surface layer of closely packed or cemented pebbles, rock fragments, etc., from which fine material has been removed by the wind in arid regions.
〔地质〕漠盖层
Example sentencesExamples
- The stones in a desert pavement are usually about halfway embedded in the soil surface, with only their upper surfaces exposed, and are fairly tightly held in place.
- On some of the surfaces high above the valley floors, delicate volcanic ash deposits, some as old as 13.6 million years, lie just beneath the desert pavement - the loose rock and gravel too heavy for the wind to have blown away.
- Low mounds of silty soil pocked the stony desert pavement like so many frost-heaved ‘boils’ in an Arctic coastal plain.
- When this happens, the area that is affected in known as a desert pavement.
- Broad expanses of desert pavement, a delicate carpet of pebbles on which a footprint will remain for decades, often detour us.

词汇	desert pavement
释义	Definition of desert pavement in English: desert pavement noun Geology A surface layer of closely packed or cemented pebbles, rock fragments, etc., from which fine material has been removed by the wind in arid regions. 〔地质〕漠盖层 Example sentencesExamples When this happens, the area that is affected in known as a desert pavement. On some of the surfaces high above the valley floors, delicate volcanic ash deposits, some as old as 13.6 million years, lie just beneath the desert pavement - the loose rock and gravel too heavy for the wind to have blown away. The stones in a desert pavement are usually about halfway embedded in the soil surface, with only their upper surfaces exposed, and are fairly tightly held in place. Low mounds of silty soil pocked the stony desert pavement like so many frost-heaved ‘boils’ in an Arctic coastal plain. Broad expanses of desert pavement, a delicate carpet of pebbles on which a footprint will remain for decades, often detour us. Definition of desert pavement in US English: desert pavement nounˌdezərt ˈpāvmənt Geology A surface layer of closely packed or cemented pebbles, rock fragments, etc., from which fine material has been removed by the wind in arid regions. 〔地质〕漠盖层 Example sentencesExamples The stones in a desert pavement are usually about halfway embedded in the soil surface, with only their upper surfaces exposed, and are fairly tightly held in place. On some of the surfaces high above the valley floors, delicate volcanic ash deposits, some as old as 13.6 million years, lie just beneath the desert pavement - the loose rock and gravel too heavy for the wind to have blown away. Low mounds of silty soil pocked the stony desert pavement like so many frost-heaved ‘boils’ in an Arctic coastal plain. When this happens, the area that is affected in known as a desert pavement. Broad expanses of desert pavement, a delicate carpet of pebbles on which a footprint will remain for decades, often detour us.
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