单词 | drift-ice |
释义 | drift-icen. Drifting or drifted ice; esp. detached pieces of ice drifting with the wind or ocean currents. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > floe > drifting at sea drift-ice1578 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya ii. 14 We were greatly endaungered with a peece of drifte Ise, which the Ebbe brought forth of the soundes. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 221 The Coast so full of drift Ice, that it is almost inaccessible. 1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 27 Aug. (1967) III. i. 425 We spent the night Standing off and on amongst the drift ice. 1820 Scoresby in Ann. Reg. ii. 1324 Drift-ice consists of pieces less than floes, of various shapes and magnitudes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1578 |
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