English Dictionary

pumice

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpʌm.ɪs/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock.

日本語の意味

軽石：火山の噴火時に液体状の溶岩が水や空気中に放出され、気泡を含んだ状態で急速に固化した、軽く多孔質な火山岩。

After the eruption, scientists collected pumice that had floated across the bay to analyze the gas bubbles trapped in its structure.

噴火の後、科学者たちは湾を漂ってきた、泡が閉じ込められて固まった軽く多孔質の火成岩である軽石の破片を集め、その構造に残された気泡を分析した。

意味（1）

A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock.

The wind blew close to the ground - it rooted among the tussock grass - slithered along the road, so that the white pumice dust swirled in our faces - settled and sifted over us and was like a dry-skin itching for growth on our bodies.

pumices （ plural ）