单词 | windcrust |
释义 | > as lemmaswindcrust windcrust n. Mountaineering a crust formed on the surface of soft snow by the wind (see quot. 1936). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > hardened surface of snow crust1809 marble1924 windcrust1936 1936 E. A. M. Wedderburn Alpine Climbing iv. 50 Wind both causes the snow to drift and forms a crust on the powder snow; this is the chief kind of crust found in winter. It is most important to distinguish between sun crust and wind crust. 1955 E. Hillary High Adventure 69 The surface here was most unpleasant—a thick wind~crust over deep unstable snow. < as lemmas |
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