pingon.

Brit.

/ˈpɪŋɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪŋɡoʊ/

Forms: 1900s– pingo, 1900s– pingoe.

Origin: A borrowing from Inuit. Etymon: Inuit pingu.

Etymology: < Greenlandic Inuit pingu (formerly spelt pingo ; -ng- represents ŋ ) hillock, hummock. Compare Western Canadian Inuit piŋuq hill, North Alaskan Inuit piŋu mound, pimple (see quot. 1928¹ at sense 1).For an explanation of the sense development in sense 2 see quot. 1938¹ at sense 2.

Geomorphology.

1. A peak of rock that is covered by ice but remains distinguishable. Cf. nunatak n. rare (disused).

ΚΠ

1928 L. Koch in Meddelelser om Grønland 65 196 To denote a mountain entirely or partly covered with ice but whose form is still distinguishable, the Polar-Eskimos use the name ‘Pingo’, a term which in these regions corresponds to the name ‘Nunatak’. The best example of a Pingo is Mt. Haffner, Pingorsoak, i.e. the great Pingo.

1928 L. Koch in Meddelelser om Grønland 65 197 We need no name for rounded nunataks. I have, however, introduced the name Pingo..to designate a mountain entirely submerged by the Inland Ice, but setting its mark upon the surface of the ice.

2. A broad conical or dome-shaped mound formed in regions with thin or discontinuous permafrost, consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice, often with a crater at the summit, and persisting for longer than one year. Also: a circular depression or rampart in temperate regions, frequently water-filled, thought to be the remains of such a mound formed during former periglacial conditions.

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 > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > small mound > type of

bank1580

hedge-bank1776

spoil bank1830

palsa1938

pingo1938

lunette1940

1938 A. E. Porsild in Geogr. Rev. 28 46 In literature the name ‘gravel or earth mound’ seems to be fairly well established. The Eskimo name pingo, meaning conical hill, which has come into universal use in the north, is here introduced as an alternative.]

1938 A. E. Porsild in Geogr. Rev. 28 54 (caption) Pingo near Tuktuayaktok on the Arctic Sea coast east of the Mackenzie delta showing the irregular rupture of the summit. This pingo is 134 feet high.

1961 H. Maclennan Rivers of Canada 61 A fantastic region of submerged and emergent islands, of confused channels, of low banks slimy in summer from a permafrost several hundred feet deep out of which the occasional pingoe pops up.

1986 O. Rackham Hist. Countryside xvi. 350 Well-preserved pingos have a convincingly artificial look, as though somebody had dug a pit and banked the earth around it.

2000 N. Jans Tracks of Unseen 48 The frost line is so close to the surface that the land often is fractured into odd, polygonal shapes that appear man-made, or heaved into hillocks called pingos.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pingo
释义	pingon. Brit. /ˈpɪŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡoʊ/ Forms: 1900s– pingo, 1900s– pingoe. Origin: A borrowing from Inuit. Etymon: Inuit pingu. Etymology: < Greenlandic Inuit pingu (formerly spelt pingo ; -ng- represents ŋ ) hillock, hummock. Compare Western Canadian Inuit piŋuq hill, North Alaskan Inuit piŋu mound, pimple (see quot. 1928¹ at sense 1).For an explanation of the sense development in sense 2 see quot. 1938¹ at sense 2. Geomorphology. 1. A peak of rock that is covered by ice but remains distinguishable. Cf. nunatak n. rare (disused). ΚΠ 1928 L. Koch in Meddelelser om Grønland 65 196 To denote a mountain entirely or partly covered with ice but whose form is still distinguishable, the Polar-Eskimos use the name ‘Pingo’, a term which in these regions corresponds to the name ‘Nunatak’. The best example of a Pingo is Mt. Haffner, Pingorsoak, i.e. the great Pingo. 1928 L. Koch in Meddelelser om Grønland 65 197 We need no name for rounded nunataks. I have, however, introduced the name Pingo..to designate a mountain entirely submerged by the Inland Ice, but setting its mark upon the surface of the ice. 2. A broad conical or dome-shaped mound formed in regions with thin or discontinuous permafrost, consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice, often with a crater at the summit, and persisting for longer than one year. Also: a circular depression or rampart in temperate regions, frequently water-filled, thought to be the remains of such a mound formed during former periglacial conditions. 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 > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > small mound > type of bank1580 hedge-bank1776 spoil bank1830 palsa1938 pingo1938 lunette1940 1938 A. E. Porsild in Geogr. Rev. 28 46 In literature the name ‘gravel or earth mound’ seems to be fairly well established. The Eskimo name pingo, meaning conical hill, which has come into universal use in the north, is here introduced as an alternative.] 1938 A. E. Porsild in Geogr. Rev. 28 54 (caption) Pingo near Tuktuayaktok on the Arctic Sea coast east of the Mackenzie delta showing the irregular rupture of the summit. This pingo is 134 feet high. 1961 H. Maclennan Rivers of Canada 61 A fantastic region of submerged and emergent islands, of confused channels, of low banks slimy in summer from a permafrost several hundred feet deep out of which the occasional pingoe pops up. 1986 O. Rackham Hist. Countryside xvi. 350 Well-preserved pingos have a convincingly artificial look, as though somebody had dug a pit and banked the earth around it. 2000 N. Jans Tracks of Unseen 48 The frost line is so close to the surface that the land often is fractured into odd, polygonal shapes that appear man-made, or heaved into hillocks called pingos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928
随便看	brown-shirted brown-shoe navy brown-skinned brown-sleeve brown-spar brown-stemmed brown-tail brown-thrasher brown-wash brownback brownbag brownbag lunch brownbagger brownbagging brownbanded snake brownbarrelled brownbay brownbearded brownbill brownblack brownbread ice browncoloured browncomplexioned browned browned off