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glacial

/gley-shuhl/US // ˈgleɪ ʃəl //UK // (ˈɡleɪsɪəl, -ʃəl) //

冰川,冰川的,冰川时代,冰川型

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets.
    • : resulting from or associated with the action of ice or glaciers: glacial terrain.
    • : characterized by the presence of ice in extensive masses or glaciers.
    • : bitterly cold; icy: a glacial winter wind.
    • : happening or moving extremely slowly: The work proceeded at a glacial pace.
    • : icily unsympathetic or immovable: a glacial stare; glacial indifference.
    • : Chemistry. of, relating to, or tending to develop into icelike crystals: glacial phosphoric acid.

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Examples

  • The satellite images seem to point clearly to such a landslide, rather than a typical glacial lake overflow, Shugar says.

  • This research could provide a key piece of evidence in that case, by directly connecting emissions to the growth of the glacial lake.

  • The ice here is effectively the remnants of what were probably more extensive glacial structures in the past.

  • The astonishingly fast development of safe and effective vaccines is being stymied by the glacial pace of actual vaccinations while 3,000 Americans die each day.

  • Researchers found that microbes collected from Icelandic glacial streams rich in dissolved hydrogen were better adapted to use the gas than those from a Canadian glacial stream where hydrogen was less plentiful.

  • Many thousands of years ago, glacial floods swept through the area and carved out the sloping sides of the current grounds.

  • “Americans will never drive a small car,” said the man from GM with glacial confidence.

  • Folks are taking cold showers already, and the weather soon will be glacial.

  • My partner Brandon and I awake at the crack of dawn for a canoe ride on the milky blue glacial waters of Lake Louise.

  • For a church that moves at a glacial pace, the murmurings of Bishops like Tobin are lightning fast and boldly subversive.

  • Science teaches that man existed during the glacial epoch, which was at least fifty thousand years before the Christian era.

  • But scorn is far more volcanic than glacial and a poor barrier between sex and judgment.

  • Let dry, apply a cover-glass, and run glacial acetic acid underneath it.

  • Still water runs deep, they say; and a glacial cap may conceal subterranean fires.

  • Further study will reveal the fact that the difference is due to the lack of oxidation in the case of the glacial detritus.