Was heißt »Ge­stein« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Ätna ist ausgebrochen und überschüttet Sizilien mit vulkanischem Gestein.

Mount Etna has erupted, showering Sicily in volcanic rock.

Kometen bestehen aus Eis und Gestein.

Comets are made from ice and rock.

Wie barfüßige Strandspaziergänge bestätigen können, erwärmt oder kühlt sich Sand schneller als Gestein oder Asphalt.

As barefoot beach walks can confirm, sand warms or cools quicker than rocks or pavement.

Triton umläuft Neptun nicht nur entgegen der Rotationsrichtung der anderen Monde, sondern er unterscheidet sich auch durch seine Zusammensetzung aus Gestein und Eis erheblich von diesen.

Not only does Triton orbit Neptune in a direction opposite the other moons, but it is made of rock and ice. This is very different from Neptune's other moons.

Zwischen Mars und Jupiter befinden sich über 100 000 Objekte aus Gestein, die man Asteroiden nennt.

At least 100,000 rocky objects called asteroids reside between Mars and Jupiter.

Wir machten uns auf auf die Suche nach unseresgleichen, doch alles, was wir fanden, war totes Gestein.

We went out in search of others like us, but all we found were dead rocks.

Synonyme

Fels­block:

boulder

Klip­pe:

cliff

crag

Stein:

stone

Englische Beispielsätze

• I think that most young people prefer to listen to rock music.

• Tom fell heavily and hit his head on a rock, causing life-threatening injuries.

• He fell and hit his head on a rock.

• His muscles were rock-hard.

• A departmental manager is always between a rock and a hard place.

• The beautiful maiden sat on the top of the rock and combed her golden hair in the sunshine.

• The young Russian geologist hammered off a piece of the stone and minutely examined it. "Basalt!" he cried rapturously, passing a fragment of the rock to his German colleague.

• Something green and slimy was on the rock.

• Tom threw a rock at the bottle, hit it and broke it.

• Don't rock the boat.

• Tom hid the house key under a rock in the garden.

• Tom hid behind a rock.

• You're a rock.

• Glacial water gets its colour from rock flour.

• He was hit by a falling rock and died instantly.

• Tom threw a rock into the pond.

• Tom threw a rock at Mary, but it didn't hit her.

• Tom sat down on a rock.

• Seen from a distance, the rock looked like an old castle.

• Someone threw a rock at Tom.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Mi­ne­ral:

mineral

Na­tur­stoff:

natural product

Roh­stoff:

commodity

feedstock

raw material

resource

Untergeordnete Begriffe

Gra­nit:

granite

Ka­o­lin:

kaolin

kaolinite

Klip­pe:

cliff

crag

Mar­mor:

marble

Mond­ge­stein:

lunar rock

Se­di­ment­ge­stein:

sedimentary rock

Vul­ka­nit:

volcanic rock (L=e)