erosion

IPA(Pronunciation)

uncountable figuratively countable

Japanese Meaning

（不可算名詞）侵食：氷河、海、雨風などの自然作用により岩石や土地が削られる現象、もしくはその結果。

The visible erosion on the cliff face told a silent story of centuries of wind and waves.

崖の表面に見える浸食は、風と波が何世紀にもわたって刻んだ静かな物語を伝えていた。

Sense（1）

Father Ted: The cliffs were gone? How could they just disappear?

Dougal: Erosion.

Sense（2）

(uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.

Sense（3）

(uncountable, figuratively) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.

the erosion of a person's trust

Sense（4）

(uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.

Sense（5）

Sense（6）

(dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.

Sense（7）

(medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

Sense（8）

(mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology).

erosions

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