| 单词 | ice stalactite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice stalactite ice stalactite n. Physics (a) an icicle; (b) a hollow tube of undersea ice which may form round a plume of cold brine produced by the growing sheet of ice above it. ΚΠ 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxiii. 182 Every thing about the vessel froze into heavy ice stalactites. 1916 D. Mawson in Rep. Sci. Investig. Brit. Antarctic Exped., 1907–9: Geol. II. i. 17 (heading) Ice-stalactites. 1970 Science 9 Jan. 172/1 Ice stalactites consist of freshwater ice frozen from seawater with the concurrent expulsion of brine. 1985 A. Pitty Geomorphology i. 5 Some water expelled from the glacier refreezes at the cavity ceiling when the pressure is released, forming ice stalactites and excrescences. 2012 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) Mar. 5 An unprecedented time-lapse shot underwater records the growth of a brinicle—an ice stalactite progressing downward toward the seabed, killing everything its frozen plume touches. < as lemmas |
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