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单词 nunatak
释义

nunatak

noun

nun·​a·​tak ˈnə-nə-ˌtak How to pronounce nunatak (audio)
: a hill or mountain completely surrounded by glacial ice

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web There are several nunataks at Graves, all peaks of the same mountain. Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019 While Shivashankar correctly spelled scherenschnitte, a German word for the art of paper cutting design, Venkatachalam nailed nunatak, an Inuit word for a kind of glacial island. Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 1 June 2018 One of the most luxurious lodges in Alaska, and one of the most remote anywhere, has just opened on a rocky glacier outcropping, or nunatak, smack in the middle of Denali National Park. Author: Nikki Ekstein, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018

Word History

Etymology

Inuit (Greenland) nunataq

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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