1861, clayey mineral containing aluminum, from French bauxite (1821), from Les Baux, near Soles, where it was first found. The place name is from Proven?al Li Baus, literally "the precipices."
雙語例句
1. Aluminum is made from bauxite.
鋁是從鋁土礦中提煉出的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The United States was vulnerable to shortages of chrome, bauxite, and platinum.
美國的弱點是缺少鉻 、 礬土和鉑.
來自辭典例句
3. The seven leading bauxite exporters formed the International Bauxite Association.