glacier

英 [ˈɡlæsiə(r)]

美 [ˈɡleɪʃər]

n.  冰川

复数：glaciers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10592 / COCA.7875

牛津词典

noun

• 冰川
  a large mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains, that moves very slowly down a valley

柯林斯词典

• 冰川；冰河
  Aglacieris an extremely large mass of ice which moves very slowly, often down a mountain valley.

英英释义

noun

• a slowly moving mass of ice

双语例句

• Glaciers may melt away, as indeed they are at Glacier National Park in Montana.
  冰川会融化，而在蒙大拿州的冰川国家公园，它们确实在消融中。
• If men's shorts were a glacier in Greenland, scientists would be freaking out.
  如果男士短裤是格陵兰岛的一座冰川，科学家们肯定吓坏了。
• Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together.
  冰河沉淀形成的不分层的土壤，由沙、粘土、砂砾和漂石混合而成。
• This five-story, blood-red waterfall pours very slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys.
  这五层楼，血红色的瀑布浇注速度非常慢了冰川的泰勒在南极洲的麦克默多干谷。
• The best bit was walking along the glacier.
  最好的部分就是沿着冰川走。
• The glacier calved a large iceberg.
  冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
• If the glacier reaches the sea over a cliff, ice breaks off and falls into the water.
  如果冰川从悬崖上面进入大海，冰破裂而落进水中。
• Precipitation waters include rain, fog, frost, mist, hail, snow and glacier water.
  包括降雨、雾、霜、冰雹、雪、和冰川。
• It is a rare modern monsoon marine glacier that has a low latitude but a high elevation.
  这是一个难得的低纬度、高海拔的现代季风海洋冰川。
• There was a glacier that covered the land in this area.
  在这个区域里面，冰河覆盖陆地。