| 单词 | rime ice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrime ice 2. Meteorology. Frost formed by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets in cloud or fog when they make contact with a cold object. Also rime ice.Contrasted with hoar frost, which is formed directly by water vapour turning to ice on contact with a cold object. Rime is typically denser and harder than hoar frost, and less milky in appearance; hoar frost is more feathery and fluffy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > freezing or frosty weather > frost > hoar frost > specifically in scientific use rime1921 1889 Nature 18 Apr. 599/2 Dr. Assmann gave an account of the results he had obtained by a microscopic examination of the structure of rime, hoar-frost, and snow. 1895 T. Russell Meteorol. iii. 53 Hoar-frost is a name given to the curious, regular figures resembling ferns that form on objects, especially on the window-panes in houses... Rime is a thick, heavy frost forming on objects from frozen rain or mist. 1921 A. E. M. Geddes Meteorol. vi. 182 Hoar frost must not be confused with rime, which is an accumulation of frozen moisture on trees, &c., and is formed only during fog. 1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 274/1 With a smaller rate of catch of water, at a lower temperature of the air, the water will freeze in the area of catch producing ice which has a porous structure, and a mat surface. This type is known as rime ice. 2002 J. Simpson Beckoning Silence (2003) i. 1 I moved tentatively over rotten honeycombed water ice and onto frightening near-vertical slabs of rime ice. < as lemmas |
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