| 单词 | tabular berg |
| 释义 | > as lemmastabular (ice)berg c. Geology. tabular (ice)berg, a flat-topped iceberg which has broken away from an ice shelf. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] > flat-topped iceberg detached from shelf tabular (ice)berg1840 1840 C. Wilkes Jrnl. 20 Jan. in Narr. U.S. Exploring Exped. (1844) II. ix. 315 These tabular bergs are like masses of beautiful alabaster. 1848 C. Tomlinson Summer in Antarctic Regions iv. 114 Westward of this point the Vincennes met a remarkable collection of tabular icebergs. 1905 R. F. Scott Voy. ‘Discovery’ I. iv. 118 Cook preserves the name of Ice Island in describing the long tabular berg so typical of the Southern Regions. 1958 J. H. Zumberge Elem. Geol. x. 180 Masses of ice that break off from the edge of the various ice shelves form the huge tabular icebergs unique to the Antarctic region. 1979 C. Kilian Icequake viii. 133 Drifting snow and falling ice masked much of the cliff face, but it did not look like the side of a tabular berg. < as lemmas |
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