"rock consisting of fine grains of carbonate of lime," 1785, from Modern Latin oolites, from oo-, comb. form of Greek oon "egg" (cognate with Old English æg, see egg (n.)) + lithos "stone" (see litho-). So called because the rock resembles the roe of fish.
双语例句
1. Oolite lime sand packs naturally with 40 % porosity because the particles are essentially spheroids.
自然堆积的灰质鲕粒砂具有40%的孔隙度,因为其颗粒其本上都是球状的.
来自辞典例句
2. The thin bedded siliceous - rocks include chert and depositional quartz with textures of oolite and pebble.
