| 单词 | wind-slab |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswind-slab wind-slab n. Mountaineering a thick wind-crust, of a kind liable to slip and create an avalanche; cf. slab avalanche n. at slab n.1 Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > terrain mauvais pas1816 nose1934 wind-slab1936 letterbox1951 choss1963 traverse line1966 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [adjective] > types of terrain holdless1922 wind-slab1936 very severe1951 thin1955 chossy1965 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > specific types of snow or formation featheryc1595 encrusted1663 old1856 wind-slab1936 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > hardened surface of snow > thick wind-slab1936 1920 A. Lunn in G. W. Young Mountain Craft ix. 431 The wind-slab is the most treacherous of all avalanches.] 1936 E. A. M. Wedderburn Alpine Climbing iv. 51 A form of wind crust is wind slab. As this causes the worst kind of avalanche it is important to detect it. Its surface is smooth and unfortunately often little wind marked and its colour is matt white or yellowish. Wind slab is often found alternating with patches of softer wind marked snow. 1975 E. Hillary Nothing venture, Nothing Win xviii. 286 I had..noticed the debris of two large windslab avalanches nearby. 1978 Y. Chouinard Climbing Ice ii. 40 The wind will also scour ridges and deposit some snow on the lee side; this then becomes an unstable mass called wind slab. < as lemmas |
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