单词 | ice ram |
释义 | > as lemmasice ram ice ram n. (a) a ram-like mass of floating ice; spec. an underwater projection from an iceberg or other body of ice (cf. ram n.1 3e); (b) a projection attached to a ship's bows, to assist it in making its way through ice (cf. ice beam n., ice piece n. (c)). ΚΠ 1862 C. P. Smyth Three Cities in Russia I. i. xiv. 229 All the ferocious attacks of the impetuous ice-rams in winter have not yet..perceptibly scratched the polished surface of the stately granite archways. 1876 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 12 Dec. 4/1 ‘The Arctic’ sailed..many miles through a field of ice twelve inches in thickness... To those who have not witnessed the performances of these ice rams, the recital appears almost incredible. 1881 Good Company Mar. 19/1 Our greatest danger being from the ‘ice-tongues’ or long, projecting, sub-marine ice-rams with which each loose cake of ice seemed armed. 1915 L. P. Gratacap New Northland iii. 105 Then came an ominous silence and the powerful ice ram rushed down upon us. 1993 Arctic & Alpine Res. 25 93/1 Shallow meltwater ponds and submerged ice rams in regions of dense ice. 2010 A. J. Haywood Siberia vii. 137 Leyborne-Popham's yacht..was a gunboat that had been converted into a pleasure craft. He strengthened its hull and equipped it with an ice ram for the Arctic. < as lemmas |
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