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单词 meltwater
释义

meltwater

noun

melt·​wa·​ter ˈmelt-ˌwȯ-tər How to pronounce meltwater (audio)
-ˌwä-
: water derived from the melting of ice and snow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Climate change is destroying Greenland’s ice sheet, producing an extraordinary amount of meltwater. WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 As those glaciers thaw and recede, the meltwater forms lakes, dammed only by rocky debris deposited by the same retreating ice wall. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2022 Several days of unusually warm weather in northern Greenland have triggered rapid melting, made visible by the rivers of meltwater rushing into the ocean. René Marsh And Angela Fritz, CNN, 20 July 2022 When the ice advanced, fresh meltwater produced by pressure from above and friction at the ice base was forced into the upper sediments. Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 May 2022 As mountain meltwater begins to subside and summer irrigation demand ramps up, the warm surface layer will both expand and drop closer to those portals. Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022 It was discovered about a decade ago that this meltwater was providing iron-rich water to the polynya. Allison Chinchar, CNN, 7 May 2022 Columbia University glaciologist Alexandra Boghosian spent two years studying a meltwater river on Greenland’s Petermann Ice Shelf. Theo Nicitopoulos, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022 In the worst-case scenario, meltwater from glaciers and ice caps could release potentially dangerous pathogens into the environment. David Bressan, Forbes, 28 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

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