单词 | hornito |
释义 | ‖ hornito|orˈnito| [Sp., dim. of horno (:—L. furnu-s) oven, furnace.] A low oven-shaped mound of volcanic origin, usually emitting smoke and vapour from its sides and summit: frequent in South American volcanoes.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 378 The small conical mounds (called ‘hornitos’ or ovens) [at Jorullo]. 1853Herschel Pop. Lect. Sc. i. §43 (1873) 33 Out of which sprang thousands of little volcanic cones called Hornitos or ovens. 1877Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 83 These subordinate cones about the base, and upon the slopes of the principal cone, are called monticules or hornitos. |

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