| 单词 | glacial |
| 释义 | glacial (once / 2327 pages) adj Things that are glacial are super cold. A place can be glacial — like the South Pole — but a person can be glacial, too, like that unfriendly girl who gave you a glacial stare. The word glacial is related to the word glacier, which is a huge piece of ice. If something or someone is glacial, that thing or person is icy. You can give someone you don’t like a glacial look, or you can go skiing on a glacial morning. Glacial comes from the Latin glacies, which sounds like the name of a frozen dessert, but which actually just means "ice." WORD FAMILYglacial: glacially, postglacial USAGE EXAMPLESWhen he ran for the presidential nomination, he signaled he was done with the Senate, saying he found the glacial pace of the place frustrating. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) In the Antarctic, glacial melting is happening at a startling rate, threatening unprecedented seal level rise. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Patty Jensen is aware of the glacial pace of oil spill cleanups. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1adj relating to or derived from a glacier glacial deposit 2adj extremely cold glacial winds Syn arctic, frigid, gelid, icy, polar cold having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration 3adj devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain a glacial handshake Syn frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, wintry cold extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion |
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