单词 | icecap |
释义 | icecap (once / 63205 pages) n WORD FAMILY icecap: icecaps USAGE EXAMPLESEruptions melt the icecap, unleashing floodwaters that can destroy roads, buildings and power lines, and send icebergs the size of houses hurtling downhill. Seattle Times(Nov 21, 2016) The cost may climb even higher, depending on how water levels rise in a world with unstable icecaps. Washington Times(Oct 31, 2016) Their point is that white people are melting away like the icecaps, and they have a primal drive to stop it. The Guardian(Oct 09, 2016) n a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak) Syn|Hyper ice cap ice mass a large mass of ice |
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