high Arcticadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪ ˈɑːktɪk/, U.S.

/ˌhaɪ ˈɑrktɪk/,

/ˌhaɪ ˈɑrdɪk/

Forms: also with lower-case initials and (occasionally) fully capitalized.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., Arctic adj.

Etymology: < high adj. + Arctic adj.

A. adj.

Designating the northernmost part of the Arctic, including the circumpolar Arctic Ocean with its surface ice and its most northerly coastal margins and islands; of, relating to, characteristic of, or inhabiting this region.

ΚΠ

1836 Army & Navy Chron. 3 115/2 Is there nothing else it that it can accomplish in ascertaining whether the phenomena of high Arctic latitudes reign in the Antarctic.

1849 M. Somerville Physical Geogr. (new ed.) I. xvii. 357 In the high Arctic regions the soil is perpetually frozen a foot beneath the surface.

1893 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1891–3 2 641 Northern waters could have travelled..via the Clyde and Forth estuaries, containing high Arctic species.

1955 P. E. Uren in G. H. T. Kimble & D. Good Geogr. Northlands xviii. 379 The high-arctic culture demands ice floes which remain all year.

1987 Outdoor Canada June 17/2 The stores—from the most southern..to the most northern, in the high Arctic village of Resolute Bay—are living reminders of the company's long and great past.

2003 Jrnl. Vegetation Sci. 14 535/1 Low temperatures exert a primary constraint on the growth of high arctic vascular plants.

B. n.

With the. The high Arctic region.

ΚΠ

1929 Geogr. Jrnl. 74 221 The High Arctic gives us a much more favourable field.

1963 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 483 g1/1 The earliest known marine Tertiary deposits in the high Arctic, found in northern Alaska and Spitzbergen, are of middle or late Miocene age.

2004 Nat. New Eng. Winter 37/2 Keep your eye out for a wayward king eider (S. spectabilis), which with its brilliant head pattern is an infrequent visitor from the high arctic.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high arctic
释义	high Arcticadj.n. Brit. /ˌhʌɪ ˈɑːktɪk/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ ˈɑrktɪk/, /ˌhaɪ ˈɑrdɪk/ Forms: also with lower-case initials and (occasionally) fully capitalized. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., Arctic adj. Etymology: < high adj. + Arctic adj. A. adj. Designating the northernmost part of the Arctic, including the circumpolar Arctic Ocean with its surface ice and its most northerly coastal margins and islands; of, relating to, characteristic of, or inhabiting this region. ΚΠ 1836 Army & Navy Chron. 3 115/2 Is there nothing else it that it can accomplish in ascertaining whether the phenomena of high Arctic latitudes reign in the Antarctic. 1849 M. Somerville Physical Geogr. (new ed.) I. xvii. 357 In the high Arctic regions the soil is perpetually frozen a foot beneath the surface. 1893 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1891–3 2 641 Northern waters could have travelled..via the Clyde and Forth estuaries, containing high Arctic species. 1955 P. E. Uren in G. H. T. Kimble & D. Good Geogr. Northlands xviii. 379 The high-arctic culture demands ice floes which remain all year. 1987 Outdoor Canada June 17/2 The stores—from the most southern..to the most northern, in the high Arctic village of Resolute Bay—are living reminders of the company's long and great past. 2003 Jrnl. Vegetation Sci. 14 535/1 Low temperatures exert a primary constraint on the growth of high arctic vascular plants. B. n. With the. The high Arctic region. ΚΠ 1929 Geogr. Jrnl. 74 221 The High Arctic gives us a much more favourable field. 1963 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 483 g1/1 The earliest known marine Tertiary deposits in the high Arctic, found in northern Alaska and Spitzbergen, are of middle or late Miocene age. 2004 Nat. New Eng. Winter 37/2 Keep your eye out for a wayward king eider (S. spectabilis), which with its brilliant head pattern is an infrequent visitor from the high arctic. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1836
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