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单词 ice shelf
释义

ice shelf


noun

an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats.

Origin of ice shelf

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby ice shelf

ice run, icescape, ice-scoured, ice screw, ice sheet, ice shelf, ice show, ice skate, ice station, ice storm, ice tongs
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Example sentences from the Web for ice shelf

  • To raise the packages from the floe to the top of the ice-shelf, a "flying-fox" was rigged.

    The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for ice shelf

ice shelf

noun

a thick mass of ice that is permanently attached to the land but projects into and floats on the sea
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