| 单词 | ice-shed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice-shed ice-shed n. [ < ice n. + shed n.1] Physical Geography a divide between two expanses of moving ice. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > divide between expanses of moving ice ice-shed1862 1862 A. Milman in Peaks, Passes, & Glaciers 2nd Ser. I. ii. 136 Before 9 o'clock [we] attained the summit of the glacier, and the deep gap in the mountain chain that forms its ice-shed. 1894 J. Geikie Great Ice Age (ed. 3) 830 The ice-shed in Scandinavia did not coincide with the water-parting. 1957 J. K. Charlesworth Quaternary Era I. iv. 77 The iceshed, more than 1000 miles (1600 km) long, seems to lie behind South Victoria Land and Dronning Maud Mountains. 2006 D. McCarroll in P. G. Knight Glacier Sci. & Environmental Change lii. 268/2 As ice flow to the south was restricted, southerly flowing glaciers would thicken, allowing them to overflow their own ice-sheds. < as lemmas |
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