mer de glacen.

Brit.

/ˌmɛː də ˈɡlas/, U.S.

/ˌmɛr də ˈɡlɑs/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mer de glace.

Etymology: < French mer de glace, lit. ‘sea of ice’ (1791; 1786 as mer des glaces ) < mer sea (see mere n.¹) + de de prep. + glace ice (see glace n.¹).

A glacier or frozen sea; spec. (in form Mer de Glace) the great glacier on the north-west slope of Mont Blanc, near Chamonix, in the French Alps.In quot. 1928 apparently used for ‘ice age’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun]

glacier1744

gletscher1762

glacery1782

mer de glace1818

1818 M. Edgeworth Let. 15 Oct. (1971) 121 The white paint..has fine effect in Swisserland in representing the glaciers—Needles—Mer de Glace etc.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 56 The glaciers which abut upon this sound are probably offsets from an interior mer de glace.

1883 Standard (Stanford) 27 Feb. 5 That it is surrounded by a circlet of islands, separated by prolongations of an interior mer de glace, is among the most familiar data of the geologist.

1907 A. E. W. Mason Running water ii. 21 I was on the Mer de Glace, monsieur, the day before yesterday.

1928 Man 28 167 Before the advent of the last general mer de glace, the North Sea was occupied by a fauna not unlike that of the present.

1991 Ski Surv. (BNC) Feb. The run culminated in open, undulating slopes towards the Mer de Glace.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mer de glace
释义	mer de glacen. Brit. /ˌmɛː də ˈɡlas/, U.S. /ˌmɛr də ˈɡlɑs/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mer de glace. Etymology: < French mer de glace, lit. ‘sea of ice’ (1791; 1786 as mer des glaces ) < mer sea (see mere n.¹) + de de prep. + glace ice (see glace n.¹). A glacier or frozen sea; spec. (in form Mer de Glace) the great glacier on the north-west slope of Mont Blanc, near Chamonix, in the French Alps.In quot. 1928 apparently used for ‘ice age’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] glacier1744 gletscher1762 glacery1782 mer de glace1818 1818 M. Edgeworth Let. 15 Oct. (1971) 121 The white paint..has fine effect in Swisserland in representing the glaciers—Needles—Mer de Glace etc. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 56 The glaciers which abut upon this sound are probably offsets from an interior mer de glace. 1883 Standard (Stanford) 27 Feb. 5 That it is surrounded by a circlet of islands, separated by prolongations of an interior mer de glace, is among the most familiar data of the geologist. 1907 A. E. W. Mason Running water ii. 21 I was on the Mer de Glace, monsieur, the day before yesterday. 1928 Man 28 167 Before the advent of the last general mer de glace, the North Sea was occupied by a fauna not unlike that of the present. 1991 Ski Surv. (BNC) Feb. The run culminated in open, undulating slopes towards the Mer de Glace. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818
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