| 单词 |
accretionary |
| 释义 |
accretionary, a.|əˈkriːʃənərɪ| [f. accretion + -ary.] Characterized or formed by accretion.
a1835J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 674/2 An accretionary rock, formed by the cementation of coralline reliquiæ. 1872D. Brown Life John Duncan 409 The ‘real’ [body], he says, shrinks at the amputation of a limb, the ‘accretionary’ part only being cut off. 1932J. S. Huxley Prob. Relat. Growth v. 149 The most familiar examples of organs growing by the accretionary method are shells. |

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