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单词 glacier
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gla•cier /ˈgleɪʃɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Geologyan extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and gathering over the years and moving very slowly downward or outward.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gla•cier  (glā′shər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Geologyan extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
  • Late Latin glacia (for Latin glaciēs)
  • dialect, dialectal French, derivative of Old French glace ice
  • 1735–45
gla′ciered, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
glacier /ˈɡlæsɪə ˈɡleɪs-/ n
  1. a slowly moving mass of ice originating from an accumulation of snow. It can either spread out from a central mass (continental glacier) or descend from a high valley (alpine glacier)
Etymology: 18th Century: from French (Savoy dialect), from Old French glace ice, from Late Latin glacia, from Latin glaciēs ice
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