glaciers
glaciers — noun
- glacierssingular
- glaciersesplural
1. Glaciers are thick layers of ice that develop over many years from tightly packe
Glaciers are thick layers of ice that develop over many years from tightly packed snow and then creep downhill under their own weight.
Karim learned that glaciers are found on every continent except Australia.
Sofia could see a deep blue light shining from inside the glacier.
Rin's geography class studied how glaciers carve wide U-shaped valleys out of solid rock.
During the summer, the melting glacier provides drinking water to the farms in Lakan's valley.
As the climate warms, many glaciers around the world are shrinking year by year.
- ice sheet
a glacier that covers a very large land area, such as Antarctica or Greenland; larger and flatter than a typical glacier
- ice cap
a dome-shaped mass of ice that covers a mountain peak or a polar region, smaller than an ice sheet
- ice field
a large area of interconnected glaciers, usually found in mountainous regions
用法筆記
In general discussions, the plural form glaciers is far more common than the singular. Use the singular glacier only when referring to one specific ice mass by name, for example 'the Lambert Glacier' or 'a glacier in the Alps.'