glacier
n 冰河,冰川(glac冰+ier)
释义2:
glacier
/ 5ɡlAsjE /
◙ noun1. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles• 冰川,冰河2. Glaciers are powerful agents of erosion, typically moving at a rate of a few centimetres per day【语源】
1. mid 18th cent.: from French, from glace 'ice', based on Latin glacies
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