crevassen.

/krɪˈvas/

Etymology: < modern French crevasse = Old French crevace crevice n. This French form has been adopted by Alpine climbers in Switzerland in sense 1, and in U.S. from the French of Louisiana, etc., in sense 2; these being too large for the notion associated with the corresponding English form crevice.

a. A fissure or chasm in the ice of a glacier, usually of great depth, and sometimes of great width.

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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > crevasse

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1823 F. Clissold Narr. Ascent Mont Blanc 12 The crevasses are supposed to be, in some places, several hundred feet deep.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada xi. 231 A glacier, riven with deep crevasses, yawning fifty or sixty feet wide.

b. transferred. Any similar deep crack or chasm.

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1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 213 The broad open prospect of this vast crevasse.

1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States I. 20 The struggles of the floundering horses to drag the carriages out of the ruts and crevasses.

2. U.S. A breach in the bank of a river, canal, etc.; used esp. of a breach in the levée or artificial bank of the lower Mississippi. Also figurative.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun] > breach in

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1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. ix. 179 The terrors excited by a crevasse or breaking of the levee.

1819 Edinb. Rev. 32 240 A breach in the levée, or a crevasse, as it is termed, is the greatest calamity which can befal the landholder.

1850 B. Taylor Eldorado (1862) i. 7 The crevasse, by which half the city had lately been submerged, was closed.

1850 Congressional Globe App. 149/2 A moral crevasse has occurred: fanaticism and ignorance..have accumulated into a mighty flood.

1879 G. W. Cable Old Creole Days 88 The Anglo-American flood that was presently to burst in a crevasse of immigration upon the delta.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crevassev.

/krɪˈvas/

Etymology: < French crevasse-r to form into crevasses, < crevasse, noun.

To fissure with crevasses. Chiefly in creˈvassed adj. having crevasses; fissured, as a glacier.

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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [verb (transitive)] > fissure with crevasses

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1855 J. D. Forbes Tour Mt. Blanc viii. 100 It is not much crevassed.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxvii. 271 A steep crevassed hill.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Aug. 6/1 The glaciers..are crevassed to the very foot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	crevasse
释义	crevassen. /krɪˈvas/ Etymology: < modern French crevasse = Old French crevace crevice n. This French form has been adopted by Alpine climbers in Switzerland in sense 1, and in U.S. from the French of Louisiana, etc., in sense 2; these being too large for the notion associated with the corresponding English form crevice. 1. a. A fissure or chasm in the ice of a glacier, usually of great depth, and sometimes of great width. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > crevasse crevasse1823 bergschrund1843 crevice1852 rimaye1869 schrund1870 randkluft1883 slot1959 1823 F. Clissold Narr. Ascent Mont Blanc 12 The crevasses are supposed to be, in some places, several hundred feet deep. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada xi. 231 A glacier, riven with deep crevasses, yawning fifty or sixty feet wide. b. transferred. Any similar deep crack or chasm. ΚΠ 1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 213 The broad open prospect of this vast crevasse. 1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States I. 20 The struggles of the floundering horses to drag the carriages out of the ruts and crevasses. 2. U.S. A breach in the bank of a river, canal, etc.; used esp. of a breach in the levée or artificial bank of the lower Mississippi. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun] > breach in crevasse1814 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. ix. 179 The terrors excited by a crevasse or breaking of the levee. 1819 Edinb. Rev. 32 240 A breach in the levée, or a crevasse, as it is termed, is the greatest calamity which can befal the landholder. 1850 B. Taylor Eldorado (1862) i. 7 The crevasse, by which half the city had lately been submerged, was closed. 1850 Congressional Globe App. 149/2 A moral crevasse has occurred: fanaticism and ignorance..have accumulated into a mighty flood. 1879 G. W. Cable Old Creole Days 88 The Anglo-American flood that was presently to burst in a crevasse of immigration upon the delta. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). crevassev. /krɪˈvas/ Etymology: < French crevasse-r to form into crevasses, < crevasse, noun. To fissure with crevasses. Chiefly in creˈvassed adj. having crevasses; fissured, as a glacier. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [verb (transitive)] > fissure with crevasses crevasse1855 1855 J. D. Forbes Tour Mt. Blanc viii. 100 It is not much crevassed. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxvii. 271 A steep crevassed hill. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Aug. 6/1 The glaciers..are crevassed to the very foot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1814v.1855
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