Definition of pingo in English:

pingo

nounPlural pingos ˈpɪŋɡəʊˈpiNG(ɡ)ō

Geology

A dome-shaped mound consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice, occurring in permafrost areas.
Example sentencesExamples
- The review by Watson of the periglacial environment in Britain concluded that continuous permafrost was present long enough for widespread formation of features such as ice wedges and pingos.
- What's left behind are new surfaces: kettle moraines, outwash plains, pingos, scoured barren grounds.
- You'll see pingos (giant earth cones with hearts of ice) and plenty of wildlife: beluga whales, caribou, polar bears, and musk oxen.
- Less widespread, but equally distinctive, are ice-cored mounds, or pingos.
- The seabed comprised steep rock formations normally associated with glaciated landscapes, except on this occasion it was the seafloor that had U-shaped valleys, arretes (wall of ice) and pingos (small conical hill of ice).

Origin

1920s: from Inuit pinguq 'nunatak'.

Definition of pingo in US English:

pingo

nounˈpiNG(ɡ)ō

Geology

A dome-shaped mound consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice, occurring in permafrost areas.
Example sentencesExamples
- The seabed comprised steep rock formations normally associated with glaciated landscapes, except on this occasion it was the seafloor that had U-shaped valleys, arretes (wall of ice) and pingos (small conical hill of ice).
- The review by Watson of the periglacial environment in Britain concluded that continuous permafrost was present long enough for widespread formation of features such as ice wedges and pingos.
- You'll see pingos (giant earth cones with hearts of ice) and plenty of wildlife: beluga whales, caribou, polar bears, and musk oxen.
- Less widespread, but equally distinctive, are ice-cored mounds, or pingos.
- What's left behind are new surfaces: kettle moraines, outwash plains, pingos, scoured barren grounds.

Origin

1920s: from Inuit pinguq ‘nunatak’.

单词	pingo
释义	Definition of pingo in English: pingo nounPlural pingos ˈpɪŋɡəʊˈpiNG(ɡ)ō Geology A dome-shaped mound consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice, occurring in permafrost areas. Example sentencesExamples The review by Watson of the periglacial environment in Britain concluded that continuous permafrost was present long enough for widespread formation of features such as ice wedges and pingos. What's left behind are new surfaces: kettle moraines, outwash plains, pingos, scoured barren grounds. You'll see pingos (giant earth cones with hearts of ice) and plenty of wildlife: beluga whales, caribou, polar bears, and musk oxen. Less widespread, but equally distinctive, are ice-cored mounds, or pingos. The seabed comprised steep rock formations normally associated with glaciated landscapes, except on this occasion it was the seafloor that had U-shaped valleys, arretes (wall of ice) and pingos (small conical hill of ice). Origin 1920s: from Inuit pinguq 'nunatak'. Definition of pingo in US English: pingo nounˈpiNG(ɡ)ō Geology A dome-shaped mound consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice, occurring in permafrost areas. Example sentencesExamples The seabed comprised steep rock formations normally associated with glaciated landscapes, except on this occasion it was the seafloor that had U-shaped valleys, arretes (wall of ice) and pingos (small conical hill of ice). The review by Watson of the periglacial environment in Britain concluded that continuous permafrost was present long enough for widespread formation of features such as ice wedges and pingos. You'll see pingos (giant earth cones with hearts of ice) and plenty of wildlife: beluga whales, caribou, polar bears, and musk oxen. Less widespread, but equally distinctive, are ice-cored mounds, or pingos. What's left behind are new surfaces: kettle moraines, outwash plains, pingos, scoured barren grounds. Origin 1920s: from Inuit pinguq ‘nunatak’.
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