| 词汇 | glacial |
| 释义 | glacialWord family nounglacialistglaciationglaciologyadverbglaciallyverbglaciateadjectiveglaciatedglaciologicalglacial Geography, Earth sciences, Nature gla·cial /ˈɡleɪʃəl/ adjectiveadj 1 SGHErelating to ice and glaciers, or formed by glaciers 冰的，冰川的，由冰川形成的 a glacial valley 冰川谷 glacial deposits 冰川沉积 2. FRIENDLYa glacial look or expression is extremely unfriendly 〔神色或表情〕冷若冰霜的，冷漠的，冷冰冰的 SYN icy 3 extremely slow 极其缓慢的 Change was coming, but at a glacial pace. 变化是有了，但是非常缓慢。 4 DNCOLDextremely cold 极冷的 SYN icy a glacial wind 刺骨的寒风 —glacially adverbadv Examples from the Corpus glacial• I am thinking geologic time, or at the very briefest, glacial.• In spite of the glacial air conditioning and his recent bath, his face was covered with sweat.• Davis, himself, paved the way for this when he admitted the existence of arid and glacial cycles of erosion.• Attempts to light a fire in the glacial dining-room had to be abandoned when it smoked out the house.• Some unnecessarily tricky camera work early on is taxing, as is the film's glacial pace.• But we are no longer limited by the glacial rate of natural genetic innovation.• It was decided to flood the glacial valley of Vyrnwy at the south-western end of the Berwyn Mountains. (1600-1700) Latin glacialis, from glacies “ice” |
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