| 单词 | hanging glacier |
| 释义 | > as lemmashanging glacier hanging glacier n. (see quot. 1940). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > hanging hanging glacier1894 1894 J. W. Gregory in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. L. 515 The ‘corrie’ or ‘hanging glaciers’. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 23/1 Hanging glaciers (i.e., glaciers perched on steep slopes) often discharge themselves over steep rock-faces, the snout breaking off at intervals. 1940 C. M. Rice Dict. Geol. Terms 168/1 Hanging glacier, a glacier of small size on so steep a slope that the ice breaks off and falls from its lower end. < as lemmas |
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