| 单词 | floe |
| 释义 | floe (once / 3581 pages) n An ice floe is a large, free-floating, flat chunk of ice floating in the ocean. Beware: if you're at the North Pole, you could get stranded on an ice floe along with polar bears and other arctic creatures. A floe can vary in size from small to giant, but they differ from icebergs in their relative lack of depth. When you spot an iceberg, it’s often just the tip of what’s there, but with a floe, what you see is what you get. The floe edge is where the ice that is still attached to the land, having frozen over the winter months, meets the sea. When the floe edge fractures, the ice floe floats out to sea. WORD FAMILYfloe: floes USAGE EXAMPLESThis European Space Agency satellite carries a radar altimeter designed specifically for the purpose of studying marine floes. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) In a letter to parents Thursday afternoon, Principal Martin Floe said Mr. Colino’s costume “caused disruption to learning and discomfort among students.” Washington Times(Nov 04, 2016) The bearded seals congregate on ice floes over shallow waters, where they give birth to pups and nurse. Los Angeles Times(Oct 24, 2016) n a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea Syn|Hyper ice floe ice mass a large mass of ice |
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