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but in the 1950s Patrick Blackett of the University of London and S. K. Runcorn of the University of Newcastle studied the ancient magnetic patterns frozen in British rocks and were startled, to say the very least, to find them indicating that at some time in the distant past Britain had spun1 on its axis2 and traveled some distance to the north, as if it had somehow come loose from its moorings. Moreover, they also discovered that if you placed a map of Europe's magnetic patterns alongside an American one from the same period, they fit together as neatly3 as two halves of a torn letter. It was uncanny. Their findings were ignored too.
1 spun | |
v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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2 axis | |
n.轴,轴线,中心线;坐标轴,基准线 | |
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3 neatly | |
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地 | |
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4 strands | |
n.(线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股( strand的名词复数 );缕;海洋、湖或河的)岸;(观点、计划、故事等的)部份v.使滞留,使搁浅( strand的第三人称单数 ) | |
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5 conclusively | |
adv.令人信服地,确凿地 | |
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6 precisely | |
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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7 geologist | |
n.地质学家 | |
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8 speculations | |
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断 | |
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9 cocktail | |
n.鸡尾酒;餐前开胃小吃;混合物 | |
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10 aegis | |
n.盾;保护,庇护 | |
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