| 单词 | kettle hole |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskettle hole kettle hole n. a depression in the ground thought to have been formed by the melting of an ice block trapped in glacial deposits, esp. one that is circular and deep; frequently attributive in kettle-hole lake = kettle lake n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > other slack?a1400 swamp1691 cauldrona1763 hog wallow1829 tomo1859 kettle1866 pocket1869 dolina1882 kettle hole1883 frost hollow1895 impact crater1895 uvala1902 frost pocket1907 sotch1910 pingo1938 lagg1939 tafoni1942 the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > other types pene-lake1668 salina1697 slough1714 salt lake1763 bayou1766 lagoon1769 cut-off1773 prairie1820 maar1826 boating lake1834 serpentine1837 soda lake1839 bitter lake1843 stream-lake1867 shott1878 crater-lake1879 playa1885 oxbow lake1887 kettle-hole lake1902 mortlake1902 oxbow1902 seepage lake1934 paternoster lake1942 soda pan1976 1883 Proc. 31st Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 395 The kames of Cherry Valley..are composed of stratified water-worn gravel,..and, as a series of conical hills and reticulated ridges, enclosing ‘kettle holes’, form conspicuous objects in the centre of the valley. 1889 G. F. Wright Ice Age N. Amer. 11 A true terminal moraine is made up of knolls and bowl-shaped depressions called kettle-holes. 1895 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) 970 Kettle-holes are bowl-shaped depressions, usually 30 to 50 feet deep and 100 to 500 feet in larger diameter. Each depression..was the resting-place, and often the burial-place, of a huge mass of ice that became detached during the melting. 1902 G. K. Gilbert & A. P. Brigham Introd. Physical Geogr. vi. 143 Many lakes with steep rims in the midst of much glacial waste are known as Kettle-hole Lakes. 1930 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 86 112 Numerous lakes and pools lying in kettle-holes dot the surface of the moraine. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 90 The exact nature of such basins depends largely on the details of the process of deglaciation..producing an extraordinary number of kettle-hole lakes in North America. 1970 J. A. Dorr & D. F. Eschman Geol. Michigan vii. 151/2 Most of the smaller inland lakes of Michigan occupy kettle-holes. < as lemmas |
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