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

• 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。
• This is happening in Glacier National park.
  这发生在国家冰川公园里。
• Arctic coastal state for contest glacier melt posterior ocean and submarine resource at swords'points.
  北极沿岸国家为了争夺冰川融化后的海洋和海底资源正剑拔弩张。
• 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。
• Then when the earth started to warm up, the glacier melted and formed the Great Lakes.
  后来随着地球变暖，冰川熔化，形成了这五大湖。
• Rocks of assorted sizes and shapes are embeded in the bottom of a glacier.
  多种尺寸和形状的岩石都埋藏在冰川的底部。
• If current global warming trends continue, there will be no glaciers left in Glacier National Park by 2030.
  如果目前的全球变暖趋势继续下去，到2030年国家冰川公园就再也见不到冰川了。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.
  冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。
• 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。
• The best bit was walking along the glacier.
  最好的部分就是沿着冰川走。