- iceberg calving
- 冰山崩解
Atmospheric Sciences (English-Chinese) dictionary. 2014.
iceberg calving
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iceberg — /uys berrg/, n. 1. a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea. 2. Informal. an emotionally cold person. 3. Australian Informal. a person who swims or surfs regularly in winter. 4. tip of the iceberg, the first… … Universalium
Iceberg B-9 — (1987) 154 km by 35 km calved away from Antarctica, from the sector east of Roosevelt Island, neighbouring the Bay of Whales and immediately east of the calving site of Iceberg B 15. It carried away all three Little Americas.External links*… … Wikipedia
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calving — noun a) The giving birth of a calf b) The breaking away of a mass of ice from an iceberg, glacier etc … Wiktionary
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calving — kÉ‘Ëv v. give birth to a calf; break away from a glacier and form an iceberg (Glaciology) … English contemporary dictionary
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