1.【矿】页岩
1.a type of smooth dark rock that breaks into thin layers
1.The sea receded, and as the former seabed became a desert, the wind began to plane away the sandstone and shale above the bones.
海水褪去，海床沦为沙漠，狂风卷走砂岩和页岩。
2.Its applicability might be questioned on the grounds that carbonaceous shale is not known to occur near any of these deposits.
其实用性是有疑问的，因为还不知道在上述矿床附近存在着碳质片岩。
3.One of the big potential winners is China, which has at least two shale pilot projects exploring for oil and gas.
潜在的最大赢家是中国。该国至少在进行两个探查页岩油气的试点项目。
4.Expect Shale to have its own mailing lists in the months ahead as it begins to move toward being an independent project of its own.
预期在几个月后，当Shale开始成为独立的项目时，它也会有它自己的邮件列表。
5.This file allows you to customize how the Shale starter application builds and ensure it is set up for your environment.
通过这个文件可以定制如何构建Shalestarter应用程序，并确保该应用程序适合您的环境设置。
6.Foam cementing is commonly used for cementing in a shale gas well, while perforation after casing set is often for well completion.
页岩气固井主要采用泡沫水泥固井技术，完井方式以套管固井后射孔完井为主。
7.That's part of a wider trend: Dozens of companies are now exporting to Europe technologies used to open up shale deposits in the U. S.
这是一个大趋势：数十家公司现在正在向欧洲出口美国开掘页岩矿所用的技术。
8.A very common sedimentary rock is called shale, which is a soft rock and was obviously formed by being deposited on the sea bed.
一块极普通的沉积岩叫页岩，这种页岩质地松软，很明显是通过海底沉积作用形成的。
9.AT A recent shindig in London of the shale-gas industry, energy firms gave a rosy view of the fuel's prospects in Europe.
在最近伦敦举办的一次页岩气产业大会上，能源公司们对于此种燃料的发展前景颇为乐观。
10.In this article, I begin to put that tinkering-and-learning clause to the test with an in-depth look at the anatomy of a Shale application.
在本文中，我把改进与学习这一项放到测试中，同时对Shale应用程序进行彻底深入的分析。