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Fracking is a way of getting natural gas (and sometimes oil) out of deep rock. Workers pump a liquid down at very high pressure so the rock cracks. Those cracks let the gas move up. The long name is hydraulic fracturing: hydraulic means “using liquid under pressure,” and fracturing means “breaking.” People that to fracking.
FrackingFracking is a way of getting natural gas (and sometimes oil) out of deep rock是一種從深層岩石中取得天然氣（有時候也包括石油）的方法. Workers工人 pump a liquid down at very high pressure會用非常高的壓力把液體打下去, so讓 the rock cracks岩石裂開. Those cracks那些裂縫 let the gas move up會讓氣體往上跑. The long name完整的名稱 is hydraulic fracturing是hydraulic fracturing: hydraulic means "using liquid under pressure,"hydraulic意思是「用加壓的液體」 and而 fracturing means "breaking."fracturing意思是「使破裂」. People shortened that to fracking人們把它縮短成fracking
It is a fighting word as much as a science word. Companies and some governments talk about cheap energy; many other people talk about dirty water, small earthquakes, and spoiled land. In news and on protest signs it is almost never calm or neutral.
It它 is a fighting word as much as a science word既是一個科學用字也同樣是個帶著火藥味的字. Companies and some governments talk about cheap energy公司和一些政府談的是便宜的能源; many other people talk about dirty water, small earthquakes, and spoiled land很多其他人談的則是污染的水、小地震和被破壞的土地. In news and on protest signs在新聞和抗議標語上 it is almost never calm or neutral它幾乎從來不是冷靜或中立的
Though actually, the method is older than the loud argument — what changed is doing it on a huge scale. It is not a general word for digging, and it is not “freaking,” which only sounds similar.
Though actually不過其實, the method is older than the loud argument這個方法本身比這場吵得沸沸揚揚的爭論還要老 — what changed is doing it on a huge scale真正改變的是把它做到超大規模. It它 is not a general word for digging不是一個泛指挖掘的字, and而 it is not "freaking,"也不是「freaking」 which only sounds similar那只是聽起來很像而已
組成frack (“fracture,” a short form) + -ing. So it is “the fracturing,” said the quick way.
同家族的字
- fracturefrack is a short form of this breaking word
- fracturingthe longer name, hydraulic fracturing, is the same process
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
frackingnoun詞源 1/ˈfɹækɪŋ/
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Hydraulic fracturing.
- Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. They worry about higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional natural gas—because of the energy used to get the gas—and water contamination.
- There is strong resistance in much of Europe to fracking, the practice of forcing liquid and sand into wells to release trapped oil and gas. France has a ban on fracking, Germany has imposed a moratorium, and opposition has cropped up and sometimes delayed shale exploration in Eastern European countries like Romania and Poland.
frackingadj詞源 2/ˈfɹækɪŋ/
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slangFucking.
- He's a fracking hawk the likes of which Hopkins never imagined — he's a blue darter.
- As we said before, will someone please agree on a fracking dual videocard standard?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。