A wide flat expanse of ice, esp. in polar regions.
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释义 | the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > ice-field or pack-ice (15) ice field1694 A wide flat expanse of ice, esp. in polar regions. field1695 A large stretch; an expanse. Of ice or snow. Cf. ice field, n., snow-field, n. ice-island1750 An ice field or floe regarded as an extensive island; (also) spec. = iceberg, n. 2a. field ice1772 marine ice in the form of a large expanse (cf. sense 18c). ice isle1777 = ice-island, n. pack1791 A packed or compacted mass, in various contexts. An expanse of sea ice formed from pieces of ice driven together into a mass that covers all or most… stream1817 transferred. In a polar ice-field: see quot. 1835. ice pack1835 An expanse of large pieces of floating ice forming a nearly continuous mass, as occurs in polar seas. Cf. pack ice n. at pack, n.1 compounds 2. pedregal1839 In Mexico and the south-western U.S.: a rough and rocky tract, esp. in a volcanic region; an old lava field. pack ice1842 ice forming a pack (see sense 10a). stream-ice1856 pieces of drift ice joining each other in a continuous ridge and following the line of current. Subcategories:— channel in (1) — part where seals breed (1) — forming hummocks (1) — forward movement in river (1) |
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