| 单词 | roche moutonnée |
| 释义 | roche moutonnée[ rohsh -moot-n-ey; French rawsh moo-taw-ney ] / ˈroʊʃ ˌmut nˈeɪ; French rɔʃ mu tɔˈneɪ / noun Geology.a rounded, glacially eroded rock outcrop, usually one of a group, resembling a sheep's back. Also called sheepback rock. Origin of roche moutonnée1835–45; <French: glaciated rock, literally, fleecy rock Words nearby roche moutonnéeRoche limit, Rochelle, Rochelle powder, Rochelle powders, Rochelle salt, roche moutonnée, Rochester, rochet, rock, rockabilly, rock-a-bye Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for roche moutonnéeroche moutonnée / (ˈrəʊʃ ˌmuːtəˈneɪ) / noun plural roches moutonnées (ˈrəʊʃ ˌmuːtəˈneɪz)a rounded mass of rock smoothed and striated by ice that has flowed over it Word Origin for roche moutonnéeC19: French, literally: fleecy rock, from mouton sheep Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for roche moutonnéeroche moutonnée [ rôsh′ mōōt′n-ā′, mōō′tô-nā′ ] An elongate mound of bedrock worn smooth and rounded by glacial abrasion. A roche moutonnée has a long axis parallel to the direction of glacial movement, a gently sloping, striated side facing the direction from which the glacier originated, and a steeper side facing the direction of glacial movement. The height, length, and width of roche moutonnées are on the order of a few meters (tens of feet). The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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