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单词 slab avalanche
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Definition of slab avalanche in English:

slab avalanche

noun
  • An avalanche formed by a sheet of snow breaking along a fracture line.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nothing is worse than the slow grinding of a wet slab avalanche breaking your body to pieces.
    • From the warm bunks inside the St. Paul Lodge, at 11,500 feet, you can talk surface hoar and slab avalanches with AAI's wilderness pros.
    • Thus, shady leeward slopes often have weak layers beneath cakes of windblown snow - a perfect recipe for a slab avalanche.
    • A massive slab avalanche had broken off above them, causing the entire bowl to release.
    • A crown fracture line marks the point at which a fissure ripped across a slope in excess of 300 mph, unleashing a hard slab avalanche.
    • It is, however, the dry avalanche, and in particular the dry slab avalanche, that is of primary concern to anyone evaluating the importance of avalanches as a natural hazard.
    • Loose snow avalanches are common, especially after new snow accumulations; slab avalanches are uncommon.
 
 

Definition of slab avalanche in US English:

slab avalanche

noun
  • An avalanche formed by a sheet of snow breaking loose.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Loose snow avalanches are common, especially after new snow accumulations; slab avalanches are uncommon.
    • Nothing is worse than the slow grinding of a wet slab avalanche breaking your body to pieces.
    • It is, however, the dry avalanche, and in particular the dry slab avalanche, that is of primary concern to anyone evaluating the importance of avalanches as a natural hazard.
    • A massive slab avalanche had broken off above them, causing the entire bowl to release.
    • A crown fracture line marks the point at which a fissure ripped across a slope in excess of 300 mph, unleashing a hard slab avalanche.
    • Thus, shady leeward slopes often have weak layers beneath cakes of windblown snow - a perfect recipe for a slab avalanche.
    • From the warm bunks inside the St. Paul Lodge, at 11,500 feet, you can talk surface hoar and slab avalanches with AAI's wilderness pros.
 
 
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