| 单词 | ice jam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice jam ice jam n. the blocking of a river or other watercourse by an accumulation of ice; the jam so formed; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > broken ice > blocking of channel with ice jam1832 1832 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 3 Nov. 709/1 The obstruction, like that formed by an ice jam in a river, only proves its cumulative and irresistible power. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man viii. 139 When ‘ice-jams’ occur on the St. Lawrence. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 8/2 The great ice-jam at Niagara. 1924 M. H. Mason Arctic Forests 246 In the depth of winter they travelled by dog-sled over the rough ice jams of Bear River. 1959 Washington Post 3 Feb. a16/1 A willingness to explore new ideas could help break the East-West ice-jam. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) i. 39 The dam..was nearly broken by an ice jam in 1996. < as lemmas |
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