glacier

英 [ˈɡlæsiə(r)]

美 [ˈɡleɪʃər]

n. 冰川

复数：glaciers　

Collins.1 / BNC.10592 / COCA.7875

牛津词典

noun

冰川
a large mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains, that moves very slowly down a valley

冰川；冰河
Aglacieris an extremely large mass of ice which moves very slowly, often down a mountain valley.

noun

This five-story, blood-red waterfall pours very slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys.
这五层楼，血红色的瀑布浇注速度非常慢了冰川的泰勒在南极洲的麦克默多干谷。
When temperature eventually rose again, the glacier melted and the ocean return to the former depth.
最终，温度再次回升，冰川融化，海洋也回到了最初的状态。
Rocks of assorted sizes and shapes are embeded in the bottom of a glacier.
多种尺寸和形状的岩石都埋藏在冰川的底部。
A bride and groom say I do on a frozen glacier just outside of Juneau, Alaska.
新郎和新娘在阿拉斯加首府朱诺市外结冰的冰川上，对彼此说出了我愿意的誓言。
Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together.
冰河沉淀形成的不分层的土壤，由沙、粘土、砂砾和漂石混合而成。
Do you think we can glide down this glacier?
你觉得我们可以从冰河上滑行下去吗？
Warring Marines have taken over Icecrown Glacier.
陆战队已经占领了寒冰皇冠的冰川。
Glacier National Park is named for the glaciers that produced its landscape.
冰川国家公园之名源自于其冰河景色。
Glaciers may melt away, as indeed they are at Glacier National Park in Montana.
冰川会融化，而在蒙大拿州的冰川国家公园，它们确实在消融中。
This glacier will change the land, too.
这块冰河也会改变当地的地形。