板baan2塊faai3

English

1. slab
2. tectonic plates
3. (geology) tectonic plate
4. (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry)
5. (economic) bloc

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 地球表面岩石圈嘅組成部分，會隨時間而移動

Examples

• 有人認為，今次火山爆發係由板塊移動所引起嘅。

  Some think that this volcano eruption was caused by the movements of tectonic plates.

• 隨著板塊的移動，各大洲因地理隔離而出現了適應不同環境的獨特恐龍物種。

  As tectonic plates shifted, uniquely adapted species of dinosaur emerged on each continent through vicariance.

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