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洋壳

yáng qiàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
oceanic crust (geology)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-6d78727972d25589. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

洋殼 洋壳 [yang2 qiao4] /oceanic crust (geology)/

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Other forms in these source records: 洋殼

  • 洋
    yáng

    ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin

  • 壳
    qiào

    (bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. [ké]

    ké

    (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.