1774, from French volcanique, from Italian vulcanico, from vulcano (see volcano). Figurative sense of "prone to explosive activity" is attested from 1854.
雙語例句
1. Weather satellites have observed a ring of volcanic ash girdling the earth.
氣象衛(wèi)星觀測到一個環(huán)繞地球的火山灰?guī)А?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句
2. Mount Unzen has been spewing out volcanic ash, gas, and rock today.
云仙山今天一直在向外噴涌火山灰、氣體和火山巖。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The volcano spewed out more scorching volcanic ashes, gases and rocks.