English Dictionary

sea stack

/ˈsiː ˌstæk/

noun

(chiefly Britain, geology) A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground eroding away.

The sea stack stood tall against the crashing waves.

意味（1）

(chiefly Britain, geology) A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground eroding away.

The sea-gull sprang upwards from where he had floated on the ripple, and hied him slowly away to his lodge in his deep sea-stack; the dusky cormorant flitted past, with heavier and more frequent stroke, to his whitened shelf high on the precipice; …