单词 | pancake ice |
释义 | > as lemmaspancake ice pancake ice n. floating ice in thin flat pieces, forming in polar seas at the approach of winter. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > floating ice in thin flat pieces pancake ice1815 pancake1860 1815 W.Scoresby On Greenland Ice 64 Pancake ice is formed in masses so small and so strong that the swell will not divide them. 1886 A. W. Greely 3 Years Arctic Service I. vi. 56 No semblance of a pack was noted until about 5 p.m. It then consisted of small pieces of pancake ice, which would in no way interfere with the progress of any steaming vessel. 1986 B. Lopez Arctic Dreams vi. 211 The crystals congeal in large, round plates that develop upturned edges from bumping against each other—a stage called pancake ice. < as lemmas |
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