| 单词 | anchor frost |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanchor frost anchor frost n. chiefly English regional and U.S. ice formed below the surface of a body of water, esp. at the bottom of a stream or river, or on the seabed; cf. anchor ice n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > at bottom of lake, river, etc. > clogging mill-wheel anchor frost1793 1793 Monthly Rev. Oct. 238 I remember the case being mentioned in the northern States of America, under the denomination of an anchor-frost, from its freezing from the bottom upward. 1867 G. J. Whyte-Melville in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 588 Bright enough to thaw an anchor-frost on the mill-wheel. 1913 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 11 Feb. 9/6 The dreaded ‘anchor frost’ that works destruction to all the young seed [i.e. young oysters] is feared. 1994 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 21 Oct. 1 c Oysters can be killed by ice or anchor frost, which freezes the zone that dries between tides. < as lemmas |
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