| 单词 | shelf ice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshelf ice shelf ice n. [translating German schelfeis (O. Nordenskjöld 1908, in Zeitschr. der Ges. f. Erdkunde zu Berlin XLIII. 618, following suggestion of A. Penck)] ice which forms a thick level layer on water (usually the sea) but is attached to land. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > frozen surface of body of water iceeOE fast ice1609 main ice1853 shelf ice1910 1910 Geogr. Jrnl. 35 726 To this ice formed in situ out of snow accumulations in the sea Nordenskiöld gives the name ‘shelf-ice’. 1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 91 511 Of all the glacial features in this region, perhaps the greatest interest attaches to the shelf-ice filling King George VI Sound. 1977 New Yorker 20 June 55/1 The river's edges are lined with ice that is stationary—‘shelf ice’, ‘shore ice’, the first to freeze at the start of winter and the last to go in spring. < as lemmas |
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