| 单词 | ice rampart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice rampart ice rampart n. (a) a defensive rampart made of ice; also figurative; (b) Geology a ridge of beach material which has been forced up along a shoreline by the lateral movement of floating ice. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > ice rampart ice rampart1846 lake rampart1860 1846 Montreal Gaz. 30 Jan. 2/1 The object of the experiment was partly for practice, and partly to try the capabilities for defence of ice ramparts. 1873 Maritime Monthly Sept. 226 These extensive tracts [sc. the north and south poles] nature has guarded with such formidable ice-ramparts, that the bravest navigators have failed to pierce them. 1921 I. D. Scott Inland Lakes Mich. ii. 59 Ice ramparts of the expansion type..are limited to regions whose winters are severe and are punctuated by frequent cold and warm waves. 1963 E. Shipton Land of Tempest xvii. 185 The great ice ramparts of the Mariano Moreno were clear; these and the vast coombes between reminded me of the south side of Mont Blanc. 2005 E. Kuusisto in M. Seppälä Physical Geogr. Fennoscandia (2008) xvi. 289/1 An ice rampart that had developed on the promontory of Kiviniemi beside Lake Lietvesi. < as lemmas |
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